Not lovin’ it: Cyberattack on McDonald’s Canada exposes personal data of 95,000 applicants

‘A security breach in McDonald’s Canada’s career website, which contained personal info from thousands of job-seekers, prompted the fast food giant to halt online recruiting in the country, adding to the company’s recent issues with personal data handling.
The hack affected around 95,000 people who applied online for a job at McDonald’s Canada restaurants between March 2014 and March 2017, according to a statement published on Friday.
“At this time, we have no information that the information taken has been misused,” the statement reads. “We apologize to those impacted by this incident.”’
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