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McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’ (www.wired.com)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Wasnt it a security researcher and not a hacker?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The risk is that some unknown hacker discovered this vulnerability and abused it before the researchers discovered and reported it. It sounds like the company has confirmed that didn't happen, but they aren't 100% trustworthy in that regard, simply because they might have missed something.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

yeah i know the risk, but the headline implies the data was exposed to a hacker who tried the password 123456 but thats not the case. A security researcher was investigating the application and accessed a test application with the password 123456 then found an API call which exposed the data and then he instantly reported it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The difference in terminology is simple..

A legit paycheck.

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[-] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Paradox.ai’s chief legal officer, Stephanie King, told WIRED in an interview. “We own this.”

I didn't know Stephen King changed gender and is working for AI company.

[-] [email protected] 120 points 3 days ago

I guess I need to change the password on my luggage

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 3 days ago

12345? Amazing, I have the same combination on my luggage!

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