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Fry Guy: The 1989 Hacker Who Breached McDonald’s

In 1989, a 16-year-old hacker known as “Fry Guy” stunned the world by breaching McDonald’s mainframe. Using nothing more than a manager’s login credentials, he accessed the payroll system and gave his teenage friends generous raises. What started as a prank soon escalated into serious cybercrime as Fry Guy moved on to scam credit card … Continue reading “Fry Guy: The 1989 Hacker Who Breached McDonald’s”