McDonald's Closes Amid Global IT Outage

Published Mar 15, 2024 at 3:55 AM EDT

Updated Mar 15, 2024 at 8:17 AM EDT

McDonald's restaurants across the world have been forced to temporarily close, and other branches around the world have reported a widespread technological issue which means customers cannot pay for food.

Internal systems in Australian restaurants were offline since about 3:10 p.m. local time, according to a report by News.com.au.

IT issues have also been reported online in China including Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Germany.

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