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data breaches

data breaches is the plural of data breach.

Meaning of data breach

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

Questions about data breaches

What is data breaches the plural of?
Data breaches is the plural of data breach.

Words near data breaches in the dictionary

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

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