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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. And all the e-mails said... by turbclnt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can has cheezburger?

  2. 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 6031769 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also if you win a prize from their monopoly game ...

      I think they prefer the term "franchise".

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    3. Re:Wait... by Jaysyn · · Score: 4, Informative

      A bit pricey, but Five Guys has the best fast-food burger I've ever eaten.

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  3. Suspect identified by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Police say they're looking for a short chubby-faced man with ginger hair, wearing a black-and-white striped outfit, a black eye mask, red gloves, a black cape with yellow lining and a red tie with hamburger detail. The man is linked to previous thefts of foodstuffs (primarily hamburgers) from McDonalds.

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    1. Re:Suspect identified by bughunter · · Score: 4, Funny

      Overheard at the scene:

      "Robble, robble!"

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  4. !admin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They were probably using HP MSA2000 Arrays..

  5. Re:The Draft by geekoid · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Happy meal is only 30 years old. 1979. The draft ended in 1973.

    So either you are trying to be funny, or your dad is an idiot.

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