AI tools have become essential for tasks like data collection and recruitment, but McDonald's faced significant issues due to ...

McDonald's AI hiring platform McHire faced a limited security breach affecting five candidate records despite reports suggesting millions were compromised.

Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site ...

Security researcher Ian Carroll successfully logged into an administrative account for Paradox.ai, the company that built McDonald's AI job interviewer, using "123456" as both a username ...

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Catastrophe** A glaring security failure at McDonald's has exposed the personal information of an astonishing 64 million job applicants, raising alarms about data protection in ...

Security flaws in McDonald's AI hiring system exposed millions of applicants' data to hackers, highlighting significant vulnerabilities in the platform used by the fast-food giant.

Here’s a recent “near-miss" that highlights the risk of McDonald’s reliance on a tech vendor, Paradox, to run its hiring ...

Olivia, the AI chatbot McDonald’s uses to streamline job application processes, exposed an estimated 64 million chat logs containing applicants’ sensitive data.

Following disclosure on June 30, 2025, Paradox.ai and McDonald’s acknowledged the vulnerability within the hour. By July 1, default credentials were disabled and the endpoint was secured.

As if on cue, reports this week emerged of McDonald's suffering a global data breach that saw the names and contact details of 60 million applicants – including Australian ones – exposed.

How researchers discovered the McDonald’s AI hiring vulnerability. The breach was discovered in July 2025 by security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry. After receiving complaints about the ...