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McDonald's Hacked and Customer Data Stolen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-meal-ain't-so-happy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "McDonald's servers were recently compromised and hackers were able to get access to customers' e-mail addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, genders, as well as certain information about their promotional preferences and Web information interests. The sites affected were: McDonalds.com, 365Black.com, McDonalds.ca, mcdonaldsmom.com, mcdlive.com, monopoly.com, playatmcd.com, and meencanta.com. The restaurant chain is warning customers to be cautious of anyone claiming to be from McDonald's contacting them by phone or e-mail, and asking for personal or financial information. McDonald's has also set up a FAQ page for affected customers with 13 questions and their corresponding answers." Update by KD : Weld Pond tweets: "Silverpop email marketer owned. Was email subcontractor for McDonalds and DevientART (13M users) and 105 other orgs."

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  1. Wait... by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why would any sane person possibly give McDonald's all their personal information in the first place?

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    1. Re:Wait... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Why would any sane person possibly give McDonald's any of their personal information in the first place?"

      Fixed that for you.

      It's a damn burger, not a car - it's not like I have to finance the damn thing! I hand you money, you hand me something that, under bad light, might pass for food.

      The closest they might get is if I charge the burger, and even then, all they get is a confirmation code from my credit card.

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    2. Re:Wait... by jimbolauski · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Why would any sane person possibly give McDonald's all their personal information in the first place?

      The same type of people who frequent McDonalds regularly, would think it's a good idea to get the McRib is coming updates. Also if you win a prize from their monopoly game you might have to give them your info?

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    3. Re:Wait... by crashandburn66 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      McDonald's takes job applications online via their web site. Last time I checked, job applications ask for your personal information.