McDonald's experiences global technology outage affecting multiple countries

McDonald's restaurants in various countries including Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, and China experienced a "technology outage" that disrupted their operations. The cause of the issue was not immediately clear, but it did not stem from a cybersecurity attack according to McDonald's Corp. In Japan, some stores had to close temporarily due to the outage, while in Australia, some reportedly reverted to using pen and paper for orders. In Hong Kong, McDonald's confirmed a "computer system failure" that affected online ordering. The outage primarily impacted the company's internal systems, preventing servers from processing payments. Unconfirmed reports of problems have been reported in other countries as well. The number of stores affected globally was not immediately clear.