McDonald's Suffers Global Tech Outage, Shutting Down Restaurants and Sparking Customer Complaints

McDonald's suffered a global tech outage that shut down some restaurants for hours, leading to customer complaints on social media
The "technology outage" on Friday impacted McDonald's operations in several countries including Australia, Japan, and the UK
Outage caused issues with ordering and McDonald's app outages according to monitoring sites and customer reports
Fast food chain has about 40,000 restaurants globally, with over 14,000 in the US
Outage comes after McDonald's recently missed first quarterly sales target in 4 years, citing factors like Israel-Gaza war boycotts