McDonald’s McHire leak involving ‘123456’ admin password exposes 64 million applicant chat records

Loraine Centeno reports: McDonald’s just got a supersized reminder to beef up its digital security after its recruitment platform allegedly exposed the sensitive data of 64 million applicants. Security researchers Ian Carrol and Sam Curry, known for their work in vulnerability investigations and ethical hacking, recently revealed a major flaw in McDonald’s new McHire recruitment…![](https://analytics.hitsaru.com/piwik.php?idsite=11&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2F2025%2F07%2F11%2Fmcdonalds-mchire-leak-involving-123456-admin-password-exposes-64-million-applicant-chat-records%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dmcdonalds-mchire-leak-involving-123456-admin-password-exposes-64-million-applicant-chat-records&action_name=McDonald%E2%80%99s+McHire+leak+involving+%E2%80%98123456%E2%80%99+admin+password+exposes+64+million+applicant+chat+records&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2Ffeed%2F)

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