McDonald's Faces Global Tech Outage, Halting Operations Worldwide

McDonald's experienced a global technology outage, leading to the closure of some restaurants for hours in several countries, including Australia, Japan, and the UK. The fast food giant ruled out cybersecurity issues as the cause and stated that the "technology outage" affected operations worldwide. Customers from various countries reported issues with ordering, and outage tracking website Downdetector noted a spike in problems with the McDonald's app. This incident follows similar recent technical issues faced by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram.