TechnologyEnglish · 10 months ago

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’

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McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’

TechnologyEnglish · 10 months ago

Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.

Paywall removed: https://archive.ph/sn2Ud

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All I see is *******?
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  That’s cause I copied your password but it shows up as *******
  
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