As part of a McDonald’s Japan promotion, the burger giant, along with Coke, gave away 10,000 MP3 players to those who purchased specially marked cups of Coke. Unfortunately, the MP3 players were infested with QQPass, a piece of spyware, that, once connected to people’s PCs, allowed hackers access to passwords and other personal information. McDonald’s issued a public apology and a recall for the infected MP3 players. It’s unclear whether the company made any restitution for any data lost by those who were infected.
