Data theft scare: McDonald's asks its delivery users in India to update app

Follows post alleging flaw in McDelivery app may have exposed personal data of 2.2 mn customers

McDonald’s has asked users of its McDelivery service in India to update the app on their smartphones as a precaution, after a blog alleging that personal data of 2.2 million customers could have been leaked due to a vulnerability.

“We would like to inform our users that our website and app does not store any sensitive financial data of the users like credit card details, wallets passwords or bank account information,” said a McDonald’s India spokesperson.

Data security firm Fallible in a post on popular blogging platform Medium alleged that it had found the vulnerability in the McDonald’s app, and