AI Incident Database - Incident 1179
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- privacy
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
privacy - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- job-applicants
entity | 15 Aug 2025 | 70%
job-applicants - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- mcdonald's
entity | 15 Aug 2025 | 70%
mcdonald's - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- mcdonald's-applicants
entity | 15 Aug 2025 | 70%
mcdonald's-applicants - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- paradox.ai
entity | 15 Aug 2025 | 70%
paradox.ai - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- McDonald's McHire AI Recruitment Platform Reportedly Exposed Data of 64 Million Applicants via Default Login and API Vulnerability
event | 15 Aug 2025 | 82%
Researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry reported that McDonald's AI-powered hiring tool, McHire (using Paradox.ai's "Olivia" chatbot), could purportedly be accessed via default admin credentials and an insecure direct object reference in an internal API. The flaws allegedly allowed viewing of applicants' personally identifiable information and chat histories. McDonald's and Paradox reportedly patched the issues within a day of disclosure; Paradox stated only five records were …