data breach
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A successful cyberattack to obtain sensitive data.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."