This is an increasingly significant problem as more major companies incorporate AI into their regular business operations.

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

In a digital age where artificial intelligence powers everything from fast-food orders to job applications, a staggering security lapse at McDonald's has exposed the personal details of approximately ...

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 ...

McDonald's is facing criticism after a weak default admin password exposed the data of 64 million job seekers, highlighting ...

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

McDonald's has landed itself in an AI hiring controversy. The company’s AI recruiting platform has allegedly exposed ...

Fast Food, Weak Passwords: McDonald’s AI Hiring Tool Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data Your email has been sent When security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry began poking around the ...

Independent security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry spotted a major security risk in the backend of the McHire page’s Olivia chatbot.

Millions of McDonald's job applicants, including thousands in Australia, have had their data exposed due to a simple security ...

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

Security; McDonald’s AI recruiting platform had a really ... Over 1.1 million user files leaked following huge data breach at top jobseeker platform; AI ‘wingman’ app leaks 160,000 ...