English / word
data breach
noun B2MEANING IN ENGLISH
An incident where confidential or protected data is accessed, disclosed, or copied without authorization.; a security incident where confidential, protected information is accessed, stolen, or exposed without authorization
In context
01
A data breach exposed millions of users' passwords.
02
Millions of customer profiles were exposed during the major corporate data breach.
Synonyms
security breach,data leak,cyber intrusion
Antonyms
data protection,data security,data encryption
Collocations
suffer a data breach,massive data breach,prevent a data breach