at almost the same time the wall street journal home page suffered it's own sec nicktechnical difficults. and also this morning, a glitch stranded thousands of passengers worldwide causing heavy delays at most major airports. some 3500 united continental flights were affected by a faulty router. the combination of all of the supposed glitches prompted jay johnson to step out in public and address the matter. >> it appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at united and the stock exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor. we know less about the wall street journal at this point but that their system is back up as is the united airline system. >> all coming on the same day that the fbi director testified on capitol hill about how ill prepared the united states is for cyber attacks. >> i'm here to tell the american people that the tools you have given us are not working the way you expect them to work in the highest stakes matters. i need help figuring out what to do about that. >> an incredible statement given that we're in the seventh year of the obama admini