<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>McDonald's uses an AI hiring platform, McHire.com, which was discovered to have serious security flaws by researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry.</li><li>The platform had an admin account with the username and password '123456', granting access to 64 million candidate chat logs containing personal information.</li><li>Carroll and Curry were able to access the chat logs and personal data of multiple applicants by exploiting this vulnerability.</li><li>The security issue has been patched, and Paradox.ai, the AI firm behind the chatbot, confirmed the findings. McDonald's blamed Paradox.ai and emphasized the quick resolution of the vulnerability.</li></ul>

McDonalds serves up super size AI botch with a 'McHire' platform that allowed admin access to 64 million candidate chats with the username and password '123456'

McDonalds serves up super size AI botch with a 'McHire' platform that allowed admin access to 64 million candidate chats with the username and password '123456'

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