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data breach

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The unauthorized movement or disclosure of sensitive information to a party, usually outside the organization, that is not authorized to have or see the information.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

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Variants

plural
data breaches
possessive
data breach's
pluralpossessive
data breaches'