Hackers used security holes in McDonald's to steal $ 2,000 from fast food.
This information was provided by MobileSyrup's news editor, Patrick O'Rourke, who said the fraud was done by taking advantage of a security vulnerability in the fast-food chain.
According to the source, the fraud took place after the publisher tried to buy a saccharine and two milk from the application of My McD's.
If you download the MacDonalds mobile application application from your iPhone, submit your MasterCard debit card data to the application and try to apply, O'Rourke said.
However, when attempting to perform the purchase, the application issued a failed transaction message even though the cashier for the fast-food site confirmed that the order had appeared in the system.
Over the course of the following two weeks, many purchases of more than 100 meals from Big Mac, McFlurries, Chicken McNuggets and poutine were made for a total of $ 1509 ($ 2034). These operations are carried out for up to 2 minutes The other.
At the time the company was notified of this failure in the system, McDonald said it was taking "measures to maintain the security of its users' personal information"
Also add that they do not store credit card information, because "Your My McD application only contains an" code "with the payment provider to allow the transaction, and this failure may be caused by a password that is not very secure
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