US EditionMcDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’
UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – Security researchers uncovered a default password vulnerability exposing the personal data of 64 million applicants on McDonald's AI hiring platform, prompting immediate remediation by Paradox.ai.
- On June 30, cybersecurity experts Ian Carroll and Sam Curry identified a security flaw in McDonald's AI-driven hiring system, McHire, which resulted in the exposure of personal information belonging to 64 million job seekers across the United States.
- The flaw stemmed from weak default admin credentials of '123456' used in McHire’s chatbot backend and an IDOR bug that allowed unauthorized data access.
- Researchers were able to access extensive conversation records, authentication tokens, and sensitive applicant information collected by Olivia, the AI chatbot responsible for screening 90 percent of job candidates at McDonald's franchises.
- Paradox.ai and McDonald's confirmed the issue, promptly disabled default credentials, deployed a fix the same day, and initiated a system review with plans for a bug bounty program.
- The breach highlights risks in AI hiring systems using weak security, prompting McDonald's and Paradox.ai to strengthen protections and enforce third-party accountability.
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McDonald's McHire leak involving '123456' admin password exposes 64 million applicant records
The leak reportedly involved the company's McHire platform used in various countries including the U.S. and Canada to collect resumes, sensitive data and details from applicants’ personality tests.
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If you have conducted a job interview at McDonald's in 2025 through her chatbot Olivia, your personal data has been exposed to any curious.
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