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We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance


Critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Restaurant Brands International's assistant platform allowed complete control over 30,000+ Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes locations worldwide - including access to customer drive-thru audio recordings.

Picture this: Restaurant Brands International (RBI) – the corporate overlords behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes – control over 30,000 locations worldwide. What they also control is something called the "assistant" platform – the digital brain behind every drive-thru screen, bathroom tablet review, and the slightly-too-cheerful burger king employee asking if you want to make it a combo. Raw audio files of real people ordering food, complete with background conversations, car radios, and sometimes personally identifiable information.

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