On March 15, McDonald’s Japan, a major hamburger chain, announced that it had suspended operations at many of its stores across the country due to a system failure. Picture taken on April 4 in Brussels, Belgium (2024 Reuters / Yves Herman)
[東京 １５日 ロイター] – US fast food chain McDonald’s (MCD.N), opening a new tab, announced on the 15th that a system failure disrupted operations at many of its stores around the world, including Japan and Australia. He denied the possibility of a cyber attack. A McDonald’s Japan Holdings ( 2702.T ) spokesman said, opening a new tab, that many restaurants had stopped accepting in-store and mobile orders due to a system failure, and that the company was working to resume operations before as soon as possible.
A spokesperson for McDonald’s Australia said the company was aware of a technical issue affecting its restaurants in the country and was working to resolve it.
Outages are also occurring in New Zealand, the UK and Hong Kong.
The New York Times reported that a McDonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong was suffering from a “computer system failure” and that mobile ordering and self-ordering terminals were not working.
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