Security researchers were able to hack into the McHire platform using weak credentials, such as a password of "123456." ...

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

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

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

Olivia's jaw-dropping weakness was discovered by cybersecurity researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry, who were able to break into the backend of the Paradox.ai LLM using the username and password ...

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.

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.

Paradox.ai has since made a blog post acknowledging the security breach, which assures that the loophole was not discovered by any actors outside of the researchers and that the researchers only ...

McDonald's recently introduced a new hiring platform called McHire It uses an AI-powered chatbot that collects resumes, CVs, and contact data Researchers managed to easily log into the backend and ...

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

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.