McDonald's says customer database hacked

[denem]

Source: USA Today

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — McDonald's (MCD) says some of its customers' private information may have been accessed during a data breach.

The company has told customers that a third party was able to get past security measures to access a database of customer information that included e-mail and other contact information, birthdates and other specifics.

The compromised database did not include any financial information or Social Security numbers.

Customers provided this information when they signed up for online promotions or other subscriptions to its websites.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-12-13-mcdonalds-data-breach_N.htm

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Ronald older than he looks; Mayor McCheese in hiding. Contact by email.

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. I understand the Hamburgler is a person of interest. n/t

[Joanne98]

18. LOL

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Mayor McCheese has been MIA for years now

He hasn't been seen on a TV commercial since the mid-80's.

[denem]

6. I think he was recalled. Wendy won re-election.

[sofa king]

19. I heard the Hamburgler "won" the office...

...On a split vote from the Happy Meal.

[denem]

23. 5-4: Judgment by Tony Three Hundred Pounder.

[SugarShack]

3. MacDonalds software is more secure than voters software under the law

just saying....

[elias49]

4. Welcome to the world of spam

on a sesame seed bun.

[gmoney]

9. McD's wishes they were serving Spam

[meegbear]

13. They do serve SPAM ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nayrb7/2189416437/

In Hawaii.

[missheidi]

25. Ew! That pic is just unnecessary.

[gmoney]

5. MikiLeaks server shut down...

[denem]

10. Denial of Sauce attack.

[DJ13]

7. I got an email from them a few days back about this

It looked like a third rate scammer phishing expedition, so I deleted it.

ooops.

[GodlessBiker]

8. Who the hell would give McDonald's their private information? For a free cheeseburger?

[denem]

12. Avatar tickets etc.

[BadgerKid]

24. Birthday club? n/t

[Orrex]

11. McDonald's has a customer database?!?

:wtf:

[Kali]

14. every crappy corporation out there does this

you can hardly get a coupon or win a "prize" with out giving them a bunch of personal info - think about grocery store "loyalty" cards. Gotta have one if you don't want to pay $5 for a carton of eggs.

want to see if you won a free coke or some other thing from the bag of chips you just ate? Just go on line and sign up!

[niyad]

21. that was my first thought--second was, WHY would anyone give them their social, whatever?

[Hannah Bell]

32. nothing a corporation offers you is free. they always extract a price.

[T Wolf]

15. What the fuck kind of data could McD's customers provide that would wind up in a database?

Favorite sauce on McNuggets?

Diet or non-diet?

And the proverbial, "Do you want fries with that?"

[slackmaster]

16. Probably nothing that Acxiom doesn't already have

Demographic information, family situation, address, birth dates, etc.

[boppers]

30. Acxiom tends to have more than single companies...

That being said, it wasn't McDonalds, but Arc Worldwide's subcontractor (who was hired by Arc, who was hired by McDonalds) that was breached.... so there probably wasn't a lot of cross-referenced or aggregated data.

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. Names and email address

Perhaps postal addresses too.

[BrklynLiberal]

17. McDs has a customer database?????

[Kat45]

28. I was thinking the same thing!

:rofl:

[Historic NY]

22. McD's had ez-pay like ez-pass for those needing a fast food fix.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2002/03/17/2002-03-17_e-zpass_and_mcdonald_s_help_.html

[edbermac]

26. The Burger King Strikes Back!

[fascisthunter]

27. yeah right... probably sold it all

how would anyone really know?

[Johnny Harpo]

29. WOW!...Did Julian Buy A Big Mac?

LOL...n/t

[boppers]

31. He was going to leak the recipe for secret sauce. eom

[leveymg]

33. Gave McD ur data? Like that Eddie Murphy line in 48 Hours: "You're too stupid to have a job."

[Billy Burnett]

34. New Homeland Security roolz. Photo ID now required to get a *small* fries w/your order.

Ordering small fries is suspicious un-American behavior.


(Thanks to Judi Lynn for picture)