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McDonald's AI exposed 64M job applicants because the admin password was "123456"

McDonald's AI exposed 64M job applicants because the admin password was "123456"

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Jul 28, 2025
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McHire is McDonald's AI hiring app. The private data of 64 million applicants was exposed because the admin login password was "123456" and provided access to the AI chatbot's logs.

Security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry discovered the problem in June, Carroll writes. They were attracted to McHire by its nonsensical a…

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