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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Milmo, Jordyn Beazley and Amy Hawkins

McDonald’s hit by ‘technology outage’ in UK, Australia, Japan and China

A McDonald's sign at Yallambie in Melbourne, Australia
McDonald’s has apologised for any inconvenience caused by its tech problems. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

McDonald’s restaurants in multiple countries including the UK and Australia have been hit by a “technology outage”, which the fast food chain denied had been caused by a cybersecurity attack.

Australia, the UK, Japan and China were among the markets where services were affected, with restaurant, drive-through and online orders hit.

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