Canada Has a Real-Life Hamburglar and They’re Hacking the McDonald’s App

The Canadian Hamburglar has ordered thousands of dollars worth of McNuggets and poutine on customers’ accounts

Canadian “Hamburglar” terrorizes McDonald’s app users with thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges

Since January, there have been reports of a mysterious fraudster (or fraudsters) known in the Canadian media as the Quebec Hamburglar, who hacks McDonald’s app accounts and racks up hundreds or even thousands of dollars in charges on unsuspecting customers’ linked credit and debit cards by ordering meals for pick up in the province. The latest victim of this criminal enterprise, CBC News reports, is a Toronto tech writer, Patrick O’Rourke, whose app account was used to order $2,034 ($1,512 USD) worth of McDonald’s menu items in Montreal, including McNuggets, Big Macs, McFlurries, and poutine (oh, Canada).

While his bank eventually refunded the charges, O’Rourke told CBC News he isn’t pleased with McDonald’s response: “To me, it just seems a little bit negligent … like they don’t really care. McDonald’s should at least be sending out a mass email to everyone that has the account [to say], ‘Hey, you should reset your password.’” Reddit and Twitter are full of unhappy customers who have similarly been forced to turn to their banks and credit card companies instead of just receiving refunds from McDonald’s. Until the fast-food company improves the security of their app by adding two-factor authentication (ha), or their customer service by proactively warning and refunding customers (ha!), friends to the north, consider yourselves warned: best remove all payment options and delete the McDonald’s app from your phone.

And in other news…

  • A comprehensive, food-by-food look at how farmers are adapting to climate change across the country. [NYT]
  • As part of the escalating fast-food breakfast wars, Dunkin’ has added two new scrambled egg bowls to its menu. [CNN]
  • Also in recent menu addition news: Starbucks has debuted a mango-and-dragonfruit-flavored “Dragon Drink” as part of its new summer offerings. Expect to see this bright pink beverage everywhere on Instagram. [People]
  • With plastic straws and plastic bags already on the outs, now attention is shifting to to-go coffee cups — and drink-centric chains like Starbucks and Dunkin’ have been racing to produce an alternative to the ubiquitous plastic-lined, double-walled, plastic-lidded paper cup. [Bloomberg]
  • Just like how Uber customers can track their drivers on the app, Domino’s is piloting GPS tracking of drivers so you can keep tabs on where your pizza delivery is at any given moment. [NRN]
  • #WomenEatingFood, a new hashtag, showcases photos of women enjoying food “without explaining or justifying what/why they’re eating.” [The Takeout]
  • A deep dive into why restaurants don’t unionize. [The New Food Economy]
  • Everyone is mad at Chase bank for tweeting (and then deleting) that customers should stop splurging on coffee, food, and cabs if they want to save money. All brands should be banned from Twitter.

• All AM Intel Coverage [E]



from Eater - All http://bit.ly/2IPXlbd

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Comforting Braised Pig Feet Recipe Perfect for Your Pressure Cooker

Image
Louiie Victa Chef Jenny Dorsey’s recipe is a testament to the trotter’s versatility When I go grocery shopping, I always look for pig feet. In the sea of unrecognizably standard-looking cuts of animal muscles at grocery stores — disk-shaped loins, round humps of pork butt — trotters are always the anomaly. They look most precisely as they were: feet, hooves, the tired bones and tissue that kept an animal upright its whole life. Unfortunately for pig feet, their look hasn’t exactly made them a popular part of the mainstream American diet. As Cecil Adams wrote back in 2016, one of the challenges in encouraging more Americans to consume offal and organ meat is that “organs resemble, well, body parts: any steak slapped on a plate looks like dinner, while a lovingly presented calf heart may suggest an autopsy.” And, Adams added, there’s the “socioeconomic stigma…that had a racial component too,” which is only exacerbated by “travelogue shows [like] Bizarre Foods .” Despite being mali...
Read more

Beyond Impossible: The Sanitarium and World War II Past of Meat Substitutes

Image
Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images We’ve come a long way from John Harvey Kellogg’s “protose cutlets” It’s no stretch to say that fake meat is having a moment . With the popularity of brands such as Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat joining fast-food menus and grocery store aisles alike, plant-based meats are no longer seen as a sad option for vegetarians long denied flavor with meat substitutes (though, as we know, plenty of vegetarian food is packed with flavor), but for anyone who enjoys a good burger, fried chicken, or nuggets. But are meat substitutes really the future of eating? Maybe by necessity as food resources run out, but not likely by choice. In fact, despite the big money raked in by Impossible and Beyond over the past few years, industrial meat consumption in America is actually on the rise. This week on Gastropod , Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley see how the not-sausage gets made, with visits to the Impossible Meat lab and Meati , a Colorado-based start-up that’...
Read more

Without Government Aid, Americans in Need Are Shoplifting Food Essentials

Image
Photo: Niloo /Shutterstock Plus, Colin Kaepernick gets his own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and more news to start your day More people admit to shoplifting what they need to survive Since the pandemic began, Americans have called for relief for individuals and small businesses. Stimulus checks, rent and mortgage cancelation, and universal health care have all been on the table. But aside from $1,200 months ago, we’ve gotten none of that, and the latest stimulus package is woefully inadequate. So, as the Washington Post reports , more people than ever have resorted to stealing essentials like bread, baby formula, and diapers to survive. Honestly, what did the government expect? WaPo says there’s been a 45 percent increase in the number of Americans facing hunger this year, up to 54 million people. Lines at food banks have been miles long for months, with many saying that mutual aid groups and donations can’t keep up with demand . And with SNAP and WIC programs cut back,...
Read more