They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the 'Smoking

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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Tech Company That 'Hacked' McDonald's Broken Ice Cream Machines

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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They Hacked McDonald's Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

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McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the 'Smoking

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Map tracks which McDonald's have working ice cream machines