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McDonald’s AI recruiting tool had a super-sized security flaw.
Security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry broke into the backend of McDonald’s hiring system by entering the username and password “123456,” as reported by Wired. They were then able to view the data of the more than 64 million applicants who interacted with McDonald’s AI hiring bot, Olivia.
The researchers reported this flaw to McDonald’s and Paradox.ai, the company behind the chatbot, which has since addressed the issue.
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