breach
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5.8
- noun
- /briːtʃ/
- Specialized
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brecha de seguridad
- Every year, the absolute number and the scale of data breaches worldwide are rising.
- security breach
- data breach
- breach of confidentiality
Target and IRS and Visa breaches put out tons of data.
- Target and IRS and Visa breaches put out tons of data.
- SolarWinds is will be the largest breach in history when all everything's said and done.
- Here we have Mark Kelly regarding this type of security breach.
- I mean, Visa and Target and the American government itself has had breaches of information far more dramatic.
- So things are attacked a lot actually in practice, there's a lot of breaches, security breaches, but it's very rare that it's in the crypto itself.
- There could be data breaches and malware distribution, you know, bullying and psyops and other attacks on people.
- And you say they found out about this breach by the following means.
- We had this thing called the CVV one breach or hack, All right, it's not a hack.
- Oh yeah, I think mine was leaked in in in the DC health like breach.
- All right, the Ukrainians happened upon this thing called the CVV one breach or hack is what it's what they call it.
- We have never had any breaches whatsoever with our numbers, with our whatever, Never ever, ever, ever.
Examples
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I was gonna do it, but there was a security breach.
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The private sector has experienced a wide range of breaches resulting in the loss of millions of dollars.
Academic text (2017) -
So what action is the Prime Minister going to take over what appears to be a very clear breach of those rules?
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There has been a breach in security.
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We have a security breach.
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Sir, we're also tracking a security breach in the defense mainframe.
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In recent years, these breaches affected some of the largest, most sophisticated firms in the world.
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Indeed, a recent report estimates that 43% of companies experienced data breaches in 2014.
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Now that you know you've been hacked, do you have a way of monitoring future breaches?
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The recent breach of customer data has raised concerns about the company's security practices.
Synonyms
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4.8
An act of making secret information public without permission
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6.5
An incident where a computer system or account is accessed without permission
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4.6
Private information becoming known to people who should not have it
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4.6
An incident where private information is given to people who should not see it
Antonyms
Idioms
4
8.2
To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not
- Literature
To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before
Compounds
- Formal
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3.6
Failure to do what a contract requires, for example not delivering goods or not paying
- Formal
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8.2
A serious failure to follow a contract that lets the other side end it or claim money
- Archaic
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9.5
Failing to keep a promise to marry someone that can lead to a court case
- Formal
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9.9
A person or company saying before the agreed time that they will not do what the contract says
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
- Formal
A seller that does not keep a promise that something bought will work or be repaired
Failure by a seller to keep a promise that the buyer can own the property without debts or claims
- Formal
When one side makes a contract impossible to carry out before it is due
- Jargon
A break of a contract that does not end it but lets the harmed person ask for money
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Breach began as a word for a 'break' or gap, from an Old English word related to break. A data breach is the same idea: someone has 'broken into' a system and exposed private information.