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Bigmac is a terrible password and McDonald’s wants people to finally stop using it

February 1, 2026 by Brian Fagioli
Big Mac McDonalds

Bigmac sounds tasty but it is a terrible password. McDonald’s is using leaked password data to remind people why predictable logins are still a massive security risk online.

Categories Security Tags account protection, Big Mac, Change Your Password Day, cybersecurity, data breaches, McDonald’s, online safety, password manager, password security, weak passwords Leave a comment

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