A widespread credit card outage is disrupting payments across Japan, according to a report from Insider Paper. The scope and cause of the outage are not yet clear.
01 · THE DISPATCH
The outage, reported at 15:50 Jerusalem time, is affecting payment systems across Japan, according to Insider Paper. The specific card networks and merchants affected remain unconfirmed. Similar payment disruptions have occurred in Iran and Israel in recent weeks, though no connection has been established.
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03 · Source and signal
Source and signal
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