data breach
English
Noun
data breach (plural data breaches)
- (computer security) A successful cyberattack to obtain sensitive data.
- Coordinate term: data leak
- 2014 January 25, “Preventing the Next Data Breach”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- A Verizon report on data breaches found that nearly four-fifths of intrusions in 2012 were of “low difficulty,” meaning hackers found trespass remarkably easy.
Further reading
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