Comparison Overview

McDonald's

VS

Burger King

McDonald's

110 N Carpenter St, None, Chicago, Illinois, US, 60607
Last Update: 2025-12-11
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Between 750 and 799
https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/

McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries. More than 90% of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business men and women. McDonald's & our franchisees employ 1.9 million people worldwide. We serve the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous Fries, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Chicken McNuggets and Egg McMuffin. To learn more about the company, please visit www.aboutmcdonalds.com.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 355,175
Subsidiaries: 6
12-month incidents
3
Known data breaches
6
Attack type number
2
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Burger King

5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL, US, 33126
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
http://www.bk.com

The year is 1954. Dave and Jim*, two budding entrepreneurs, are on a mission to re-design the perfect broiler, one that will infuse flame-grilled goodness into every burger. And that's how our brand was born. Today the Burger King Corporation, its affiliates and its franchisees collectively operate more than 17,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories, serving over 11 million guests per day and they’re still coming back for that flame-grilled flavor. The Burger King® brand is owned by Restaurant Brands International Inc. (“RBI”), which owns three of the world’s iconic quick service restaurant brands – Burger King®, Tim Hortons®, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen®. But we still have room to grow – and that’s where you come in. We need strong operations, bold marketing, and the best people around to make these brands great. And if we like what we see, there’s no limit to how far you could go here. For more information and exciting career opportunities, please RBI’s website at www.rbicareers.com. For more information about Burger King Corporation, please visit the company’s website at www.bk.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Burger King is a registered trademark of Burger King Corporation. All rights reserved. Please visit www.bk.com for more information on Burger King Corporation trademarks. * Dave Egerton and Jim McLamore, original founders of the Burger King® brand.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 108,914
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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McDonald's
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Burger King
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
McDonald's
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Burger King
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

McDonald's has 322.54% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Burger King in 2025.

Incident History — McDonald's (X = Date, Y = Severity)

McDonald's cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Burger King (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Burger King cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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McDonald's
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Client-Side Manipulation (Mobile App Reward Points), Unauthenticated API Endpoints (Design Hub, GRS Panel), URL Manipulation (Login to Register Bypass), Weak Authentication (Password '123456' in Hiring System), Exposed API Keys (Magicbell, Algolia), Impersonation Feature in Employee Portals, HTML Injection via Unauthenticated Admin APIs, Misconfigured Access Controls (Stravito, TRT Tool)
Motivation: Ethical Disclosure, Security Awareness, Responsible Vulnerability Reporting
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Weak Default Credentials, Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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Burger King
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hard-coded Credentials, Plain-text Passwords in Emails, Unrestricted API Access, Default/Weak Passwords (e.g., 'admin')
Motivation: Ethical Hacking / Responsible Disclosure
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2023
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Website Configuration Error
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Misconfigured Database
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Burger King company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to McDonald's company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

McDonald's company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Burger King company.

In the current year, McDonald's company has reported more cyber incidents than Burger King company.

Neither Burger King company nor McDonald's company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Burger King company and McDonald's company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Burger King company nor McDonald's company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

McDonald's company has disclosed at least one vulnerability, while Burger King company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

McDonald's company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Burger King company.

McDonald's company employs more people globally than Burger King company, reflecting its scale as a Restaurants.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds HIPAA certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Burger King holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics Community Dashboard Framework prior to versions 10.2.0.4, including 9.3.0.x and 8.3.x display the full server stack trace when encountering an error within the GetCdfResource servlet.

Published
Date
2025-12-15
Updated
Date
2025-12-15
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Description

Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics Community Dashboard Editor plugin versions before 10.2.0.4, including 9.3.0.x and 8.3.x, deserialize untrusted JSON data without constraining the parser to approved classes and methods.

Published
Date
2025-12-15
Updated
Date
2025-12-15
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.8
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

A security flaw has been discovered in CTCMS Content Management System up to 2.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library /ctcms/libs/Ct_Config.php of the component Backend System Configuration Module. The manipulation of the argument Cj_Add/Cj_Edit results in code injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.

Published
Date
2025-12-15
Updated
Date
2025-12-15
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.8
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 4.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

A vulnerability was identified in CTCMS Content Management System up to 2.1.2. The affected element is the function Save of the file /ctcms/libs/Ct_App.php of the component Backend App Configuration Module. The manipulation of the argument CT_App_Paytype leads to code injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Published
Date
2025-12-15
Updated
Date
2025-12-15
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.8
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 4.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15, it was possible to accept an invitation opened by a different user. Version 5.15. contains a patch. As a workaround, avoid leaving one's Weblate sessions with an invitation opened unattended.

Published
Date
2025-12-15
Updated
Date
2025-12-15
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 1.0
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References