McDonald’s chatbot used the password ‘123456’

Security researchers were able to sign into a chatbot McDonald’s used to hire staff by typing ‘123456’ for both the username and the password. The flaw was discovered by security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry, who told Wired website that it took them just 30 minutes to gain “full access to virtually every application that’s ever been made to McDonald’s going back years” (see www.snipca.com/55526). They said the database contained the details of 64 million applicants, including their name...