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businesstechnology1 year ago•2 min saved

"McDonald's Grapples with Global IT Outage, Halting Operations Worldwide"

McDonald's experienced a global technology system outage, predominantly affecting stores in Australia, due to a third-party provider's configuration change. The issue also impacted locations in countries like China, Japan, Canada, South Korea, and Taiwan. While some stores closed entirely, others only accepted cash payments. McDonald's has since resolved the issue and is working to bring affected markets back online, emphasizing that the outage was not related to cybersecurity.

via Newsweek|

#businesstechnology #fast-food #global-outage

technology1 year ago•1 min saved

"McDonald's Global IT Outage Blamed on Configuration Change"

McDonald's attributes the recent global technology system outage to a third-party provider's configuration change, not a cyberattack, causing widespread closures and POS system outages in various countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, and New Zealand. The company's Chief Information Officer stated that the root issues have been identified and corrected, with many markets back online and the rest in the process of coming back online, while employees reported resorting to manual order-taking and cash payments due to the POS system failures.

via BleepingComputer|

#configuration-change #global-outage #mcdonalds

businesstech1 year ago•1 min saved

"McDonald's Faces Global Tech Outage, Halts Operations Worldwide"

McDonald's experienced a global technology outage, causing disruptions in some parts of the world and leading to temporary closures of restaurants. The issue, which impacted the ability to order food, was not related to a cybersecurity event. McDonald's is working to resolve the problem, and affected restaurants in Australia and the U.K. have since reopened. The fast-food chain has over 40,000 restaurants globally, and the outage affected a significant number of locations.

via CNBC|

#businesstech #fast-food-chain #global-outage

businesstechnology1 year ago•2 min saved

"McDonald's Issues Apology After Global System Outage Shuts Down Stores for Hours"

McDonald's experienced a global technology outage caused by a third-party provider, not a cybersecurity issue, which affected some restaurants for hours. The company apologized for the inconvenience and assured that it was working urgently to resolve the issue. The outage was not related to its shift to Google Cloud as a technology provider. Some restaurants were back to normal operations after the outage, with customers in various locations experiencing difficulties with ordering and payments.

via WAFB|

#apology #businesstechnology #global-outage