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McDonald's is not lovin' your bigmac, happymeal, and mcnuggets passwords

ID: 79bb9008-0fff-55c3-bc35-588f4a656279

STIX ID: report--79bb9008-0fff-55c3-bc35-588f4a656279

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-02-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Brandon Vigliarolo

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The article describes a McDonald’s Netherlands awareness campaign tied to Change Your Password Day, using Have I Been Pwned data to show that product-themed and leetspeak passwords (e.g., “bigmac,” “Ch!ck3nMcN4gg€t$”) are widely compromised and easily guessed by brute-force dictionaries. It urges users to adopt stronger practices—long passphrases, randomized passwords, MFA, biometrics, and password managers—while noting many people still rely on outdated, weak passwords.

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