Comparison Overview

McDonald's

VS

Taco Bell

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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Taco Bell

1 Glen Bell Way, Irvine, CA, 92618, US
Last Update: 2025-12-10
Between 800 and 849
http://tacobell.com

Taco Bell was born and raised in California and has been around since 1962. We went from selling everyone’s favorite Crunchy Tacos on the West Coast to a global brand with 8,200+ restaurants, 350 franchise organizations, that serve 42+ million fans each week around the globe. We’re not only the largest Mexican-inspired quick service brand (QSR) in the world, we’re also part of the biggest restaurant group in the world: Yum! Brands. Much of our fan love and authentic connection with our communities are rooted in being rebels with a cause. From ensuring we use high quality, sustainable ingredients to elevating restaurant technology in ways that hasn’t been done before… we will continue to be inclusive, bold, challenge the status quo and push industry boundaries. We’re a company that celebrates and advocates for different, has bold self-expression, strives for a better future, and brings the fun while we’re at it. We fuel our culture with real people who bring unique experiences. We inspire and enable our teams and the world to Live Más. At Taco Bell, we’re Cultural Rebels.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 72,817
Subsidiaries: 26
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
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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Taco Bell
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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
Taco Bell
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 Taco Bell in 2025.

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

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

Incident History — Taco Bell (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Taco Bell 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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Taco Bell
Incidents

Date Detected: 04/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2023
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell company.

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

Taco Bell company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while McDonald's company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Taco Bell company and McDonald's company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Taco Bell company nor McDonald's company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

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

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Taco Bell company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to McDonald's company.

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

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds HIPAA certification.

Neither McDonald's nor Taco Bell holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References