McDonald’s was hit by a system failure Friday that closed restaurants and disrupted online and app orders around the world, including in the United States, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. ET McDonald’s (MCD) “experienced a global technology system outage, which was quickly identified and corrected,” global chief information officer Brian Rice said in a statement posted on the company’s website. A spokesperson for McDonald’s Australia told CNN that its restaurants nationwide were affected by the outage. McDonald’s Hong Kong said on Facebook: “Due to a computer system failure, the mobile ordering and self-ordering kiosks are not functioning. Of the other countries known to be affected, Japan has the largest number of McDonald’s restaurants — nearly 3,000 — followed by the UK, with close to 1,500 stores, and Australia, with just over 1,000.

Source: CNN March 15, 2024 10:35 UTC