The data of 64 million… 64 million job applicants to McDonald’s was exposed in a hack that took 30 minutes due to password guessing. The password securing the data of these job hunters broke all of the major rules. According to researchers, the #1 password in 2025, overall, was a bad choice of 123456… yes, that’s right. And what was the McDonald’s AI bot using? McDonald’s and Paradox.AI, who was handling the database, both apologized, but this will send ripples for a while.
A security vulnerability in McDonald’s AI-powered hiring system has exposed the personal information of potentially 64 million job applicants.
Source: McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot With Password ‘123456’ Leaks Millions of Job-Seekers Data
