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data breach

data breach noun: a successful cyberattack to obtain sensitive data.

Noun

data breach (plural data breaches)

  1. (computer security) A successful cyberattack to obtain sensitive data.
    • 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.2014 January 25, “Preventing the Next Data Breach”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults, which store its customers’ passwords and other secrets, in a data breach earlier this year.2022 December 22, Zack Whittaker, “LastPass says hackers stole customers' password vaults”, in TechCrunch

Forms of data breach

pluraldata breaches

Questions about data breach

What does data breach mean?
Data breach means a successful cyberattack to obtain sensitive data.
What part of speech is data breach?
Data breach is a noun.
What is the plural of data breach?
The plural of data breach is data breaches.

Words near data breach in the dictionary

  1. data bases
  2. data binding
  3. data binning
  4. data blocker
  5. data blockers
  6. data breach
  7. data breaches
  8. data broker
  9. data brokers
  10. data bus
  11. data buses

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