McDonald's McHire bot exposed personal information of 64M people by using '123456' as a password in 2025

A pair of security researchers have revealed vulnerabilities in the McHire chatbot Paradox developed for McDonald's that could have been exploited to reveal personal information about roughly 64 million people who have used the service to apply for jobs at their local franchises. (Hat-tip Wired.)

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/mcdonalds-mchire-bot-exposed-personal-information-of-64m-people-by-using-123456-as-a-password-in-2025

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