McDonald's

McDonald's
Basic information
Founded	1940-05-15
Legal Structure	Public
Industry	Food
Also known as
Official website	https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/home.html

McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food restaurant chain with a net worth of $230.52 billion.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

User Freedom
User Privacy
Business Model
Market Control

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Incidents


Controversy	Year	Background Info	Aftermath
	2010		https://thehackernews.com/2010/12/hackers-steal-mcdonalds-customer-data.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/12/14/132056338/mcdonald-s-loses-customer-information-in-database-breach
	2021	On June 11,	https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/mcdonalds-cyberattack-exposes-data-in-the-us-and-south-korea/ https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/11/business/mcdonalds-data-breach
;)	2025	mdonalds app vulnerability blh blah blah	https://www.zataz.com/a-hacker-exposes-critical-mcdonalds-flaws-behind-a-simple-nugget-hunt/
64 Million Employees Data Leaked due to AI vulnerabilities	2025	Researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry identified an vulnerability with McDonald's AI assistant, username and password being 123456.	Employee applicants data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and chat histories between applicants and the AI system.^[1]

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the McDonald's category.

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Lawsuits

Products

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References

↑ "IDOR Case Study: The Preventable Data Breach That Exposed 64 Million McDonald's Job Applications in Summer 2025". CGU. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2026-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "IDOR Case Study: The Preventable Data Breach That Exposed 64 Million McDonald's Job Applications in Summer 2025". CGU. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2026-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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