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 ...

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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.

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.

Security researchers were able to access the data of 64 million people that have previously applied for jobs at McDonald’s in the US after hacking the fast food firm’s AI hiring system.

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 ...

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.

When security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry decided to try to hack into the backend of McDonald’s AI chatbot last Monday, June 30, they didn’t anticipate just how easy it would be.

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 ...