Posted 3/15/2024, 11:04:11 AM
McDonald's Stores Hit by Global Tech Outage, Leading to Closures and Suspended Operations
- McDonald's suffered a global tech outage affecting stores in Japan, Australia, China, the UK, and elsewhere
- Stores were either closed or unable to take online orders due to the system disruption
- The issue was not related to a cybersecurity attack according to McDonald's statement
- In Japan, many of the nearly 3,000 McDonald's stores suspended operations temporarily
- In Australia, stores were hit by a nationwide system outage that disrupted operations
