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 and owning 36,500 stores across 100 countries.^[1] Besides food services, McDonald's offers other services and product with their own AI assistant named Olivia and the McDonald's App.

McDonald's is part of several organizations,

Consumer-impact summary

Privacy Concerns
Security Vulnerabilities
Holding security risks from public

Advertising Tactics

2017 McDonalds India Leak inside their database

2017 McDonalds India Leak

Incidents

2025 Attack From BobtheHacker

Another Mcdonalds 2025 hack from BobtheHacker


Controversy	Year	Background Info	Aftermath
McDonald's Japan Malware Attack	2006		https://www.spamfighter.com/News-6650-McDonalds-Unwittingly-Distributes-Contaminated-Prizes.htm https://techcrunch.com/2006/10/16/mcdonalds-mp3-players-come-with-malware/
	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
	2014
Driving Intercom Hack	2016		https://hackread.com/mcdonalds-drive-thru-intercom-wireless-frequency-system-hacked/
McDonald's Inida Leak	2017	so many links . . . god damn-	https://hackernoon.com/mcdonalds-india-is-leaking-2-2-million-users-data-d5758b2eb3f8
	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
McDonald's South Korea and Taiwan Hack			https://cyberscoop.com/mcdonalds-hack-korea-taiwan-customers/ https://www.ft.com/content/93ddaa97-3946-4f7e-84bd-05cca8249a53
			https://latesthackingnews.com/2021/06/14/mcdonalds-discloses-data-breach-affecting-some-customers-and-employees/ (diff hack maybe . . .)
	2025	ignorance is bliss, is it not?	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-starts-leaking-data-stolen-in-salesforce-attacks/
;)	2025	mdonalds app vulnerability blh blah blah	https://www.zataz.com/a-hacker-exposes-critical-mcdonalds-flaws-behind-a-simple-nugget-hunt/

https://riskpundit.com/tag/mcdonalds/

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/mcd-google-cloud-announce-partnership.html (google partnership official)

Lawsuits


Controversy	Year	Background Info	Aftermath
McDonald's McLibel Trial		Longest trial in british history	McDonald's was found guilty
McDonald's violation of Illinois data protection law	2021	On July 20. Carpenter filled a class action lawsuit against McDonald's for collection of customers voice prints without prior consent. McDonald's attempted to dismiss the claim, arguing any voice data collected didn't meet criteria for an voiceprint because it doesn't identify an individual, however the dismissal was denied. ^[2]^[3]	Still in progress
McDonald's Data Breach for orders made in South Korea	2021	https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/data-breach/mcdelivery-customers-serve-mcdonalds-class-action-lawsuit-after-data-breach/	Still in progress
	2025	On December 23, Mcdonalds	https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/mcdonalds-sued-over-mcrib-ingredients/

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

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References

↑ "How Many McDonald's Restaurants Are There in the United States?". Locations Cloud. 2026-01-20. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Blakey, John (2021-05-28). "Carpenter v. McDonald's Corporation (1:21-cv-02906)". Court Listener. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "McDonald's seeks ban to forbid confidential consumer information disclosure in voice data lawsuit". PogowasRight. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "How Many McDonald's Restaurants Are There in the United States?". Locations Cloud. 2026-01-20. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Blakey, John (2021-05-28). "Carpenter v. McDonald's Corporation (1:21-cv-02906)". Court Listener. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "McDonald's seeks ban to forbid confidential consumer information disclosure in voice data lawsuit". PogowasRight. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2026-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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