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

The McHire AI hiring bot, developed by Paradox.ai, suffered from basic security misconfigurations, specifically allowing unauthorized access via easily guessable weak passwords like '123456'. This critical flaw resulted in the data exposure of personal information, résumés, and contact details for tens of millions of McDonald's job applicants.