DESPITE warnings that weak passwords are a major reason hackers can quickly access accounts and devices, “123456” still tops the list of the most commonly used passwords worldwide. According to ...

For all the talk of rising cyber-threats, digital sophistication and the inexorable march of artificial intelligence, one thing remains disconcertingly primitive: the passwords people choose to ...

New Delhi: '123456' has once again emerged as India’s most common password, topping the list for the second consecutive year, a new report said on Wednesday. The data compiled by password manager ...

Facepalm: It's almost 2026 and the world's population has never been so tech-savvy. When it comes to passwords, however, a lot of people are stuck in the 1990s. Another study examining the most common ...

CompariTech on Thursday released a report detailing the most-used passwords of 2025, which reveals that "123456" is the worst password of the year. More than 7.61 million accounts out of 2 billion ...

McHire, developed by Paradox.ai, handles recruitment for McDonald’s franchisees across the system. The platform collects everything from your name and contact details to your resume and personality ...

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald's chatbot job application platform, that exposed the chats of more than 64 million job applications across the United States.

Security researchers found that they could access the personal information of 64 million people who had applied for a job at McDonald’s, in large part by logging into the company’s AI job hiring ...

A security flaw in McHire allowed access to sensitive applicant data via default admin credentials and a vulnerable API. The issue was patched swiftly after disclosure. A security oversight in ...

A recruitment platform used by McDonald’s is alleged to have had such poor cybersecurity that researchers were able to log into it using a non-password and thus gain access to information on tens of ...

Facepalm: Almost anyone who applied to work at McDonald's earlier this year may have exposed their name, phone number, email address, physical address, and other personal information. Security ...