Recent IT outages at major retailers and food shops like Tesco, Sainsbury's, Greggs, and McDonald's have raised concerns about the reliability of digital systems. McDonald's attributed the global outage to a 'configuration change,' highlighting the rarity of such incidents in the industry.
Watchdog assessing McDonald's and Greggs IT failures https://t.co/QyCK3OBF4x
🇬🇧 Greggs, McDonald's, Sainsbury's and Tesco: what is wrong with IT systems in retail? https://t.co/FhgHan1sme
It follows card payment outages at Sainsbury's, Tesco and McDonald's over the last week. Read more: https://t.co/d3LuiTSJ3E https://t.co/EUGqLiYArH
McDonald's blames 'configuration change' for global outage https://t.co/Jrx3wPsJws via @computing_news What is interesting about this story, is how rarely these sort of outages occur, and how we have come to assume that IT never fails (unless there’s been a cyber incident)
Tesco… Sainsbury’s… Argos… now Greggs. Lots of “IT problems” for one week 🤔🕵🏻♂️
The mass IT outages at several massive retailers and food shops is a potent reminder of the importance of protecting cash in a digital age.