Summary
The FBI arrested Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, a homeless Florida man, for plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange to force a “reboot” of the U.S. government.
Agents found bomb-making materials in his storage unit and tracked him as he prepared the attack, believing it would gain public support against government corruption.
Yener recorded messages encouraging others to follow his lead and planned to carry out the bombing before Thanksgiving.
He was charged with attempting to use explosives to damage a commercial building.
Very little trading is actually done in the NYSE building now since everything it online. The attack would be symbolic, I suppose, but traders would shake it off in under a week.