Hacked

The McDonald’s Hiring Robot Hack

Jul 16, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
0:00-1:12:12

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We start with the AI hiring chatbot used by McDonald’s, and the vulnerability hiding beneath the conversation. What looked like some janky job application exchanges led two security researchers, Ian Carroll and Sam Curry, to uncover a serious flaw. That and a bunch of Grok madness.

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