Episode

The McDonald’s Hiring Robot Hack

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Hacked
Published
Jul 16, 2025
Duration seconds
4332
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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices