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18 July 2025

McDonald’s ‘McHire’ Job Application exposed more than 64 million records

McDonald’s ‘McHire’ Job Application exposed more than 64 million records

McDonald’s “McHire” job application service was accessed by researchers last month using the password “123456,” potentially exposing more than 64 million records.


The Olivia chatbot was built by Paradox.ai, which took responsibility for the issue in a security update Wednesday, saying a legacy password for the test account and an API endpoint vulnerability exposed “information related to chat interactions.”

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