McDonald’s global tech glitch causes worldwide chaos

March 15, 2024
1 min read

TLDR:

  • McDonald’s experienced a system outage worldwide, affecting operations at stores.
  • The outage was not related to a cybersecurity event, according to McDonald’s Canada.

A technical outage impacted McDonald’s operations globally, including locations in Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the U.K. McDonald’s Canada confirmed that the outage was not a cybersecurity event and was resolved after a few hours on Friday morning. Stores in Japan and Australia faced disruptions, but some were back online serving customers. The outage also affected McDonald’s operations in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the U.K., with complaints on social media about disruptions at stores. This incident comes on the heels of recent technical issues faced by Facebook and Instagram, which disrupted global services for users. Despite the widespread impact, the outage at McDonald’s was not a result of a cybersecurity breach, clarifying that it was a technical issue that has since been resolved.

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