Data Breach

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A Data Breach is an incident that involves the unauthorized or illegal viewing, access, or retrieval of data by an individual, application, or service. It is a type of security breach specifically designed to steal and/or publish data to an unsecured or illegal location.

A Data Breach is also known as a Data Spill or Data Leak.

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