Comparison Overview

MUFG

VS

HSBC

MUFG

2-7-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP, 100-8330
Last Update: 2025-12-09

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,100 locations in more than 40 markets including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania. The Group has over 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. Through close partnerships among our group companies, the Group aims to be the world's most trusted financial group, flexibly responding to all of the financial needs of its customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. Watch our profile video: https://youtu.be/htyOjA1H6bQ Details of MUFG's Group companies can be found at the following websites: http://www.bk.mufg.jp/global http://www.tr.mufg.jp/english https://mufgamericas.com https://www.mufgemea.com http://www.hd.sc.mufg.jp/english ©2024Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. All rights reserved. The MUFG logo and name is a service mark of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 21,872
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

HSBC

8 Canada Square, None, London, None, GB, E14 5HQ
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 800 and 849

Opening up a world of opportunity for our customers, investors, ourselves and the planet. We're a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Our network covers 58 countries and territories, and we’re here to use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up a world of opportunity for our customers. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, and Bermuda stock exchanges. To view our social media terms and conditions please visit the following webpage: http://www.hsbc.com/social-TandCs

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 186,976
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
6
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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MUFG
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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HSBC
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
MUFG
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
HSBC
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for MUFG in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for HSBC in 2025.

Incident History — MUFG (X = Date, Y = Severity)

MUFG cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — HSBC (X = Date, Y = Severity)

HSBC cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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MUFG
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: External System Breach (Hacking)
Blog: Blog
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HSBC
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2018
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2015
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2015
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Mistakenly Sent Data
Blog: Blog

FAQ

MUFG company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to HSBC company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

HSBC company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to MUFG company.

In the current year, HSBC company and MUFG company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither HSBC company nor MUFG company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both HSBC company and MUFG company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither HSBC company nor MUFG company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither MUFG company nor HSBC company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

HSBC company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to MUFG company.

HSBC company employs more people globally than MUFG company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC holds HIPAA certification.

Neither MUFG nor HSBC 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.

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
Description

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

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
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."

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
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.

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
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).

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