Don't Do Burgers Online

[rcjordan]

Fast food firm quickly fixed vulnerabilities of whopping proportions, but didn't acknowledge the white-hat hackers.

Burger King hacked, attackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices' — systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain,' other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes also vulnerable | Tom's Hardware


https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/burger-king-hacked-digital-platform-as-solid-as-a-paper-whopper-wrapper-in-the-rain-easy-security-bypass-exploited-catastrophic-vulnerabilities-also-worked-on-other-rbi-brands-like-tim-hortons-and-popeyes

[rcjordan]

That may be the longest url I've every posted.

[ergophobe]

The level of developer malpractice there is staggering. I sort of understand when things like an airline scheduling package is a complete mess, because most of them were built in the 1970s before modern dev practices. But the kiosks in fast food restaurants have only been around for 10? years. The first iPad was released in 2010, so they have to be newer than that.

Access and control store tablet interfaces

I would think that if the second one is true, credit card data might be at risk