Bloomberg Blames Router Hardware for Asia Terminal Interruption

Sources say the impact on user firms was limited because the incident occurred early in the morning local time in Japan, before market open in other regional markets, and because all users were equally affected, so no one was able to gain an advantage over other market participants as a result.

 In a notice sent to clients, Bloomberg officials say some users in the region experienced terminals disconnecting or running slowly. The vendor traced the problem to a router in one of its US datacenters