breach
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A data breach could affect customers in the future if their personal information is used in so-called "phishing" attacks, where someone is tricked into revealing their password to an online service.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Pippa Boardman, from Lostwithiel in Cornwall, said she had lost her dignity and privacy through the data breach at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Whether it will arouse the consciences of enough to truly step up and stop this breach of trust is unknown.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
But museum directors and security firms agree the Louvre breach set an ominous precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“A speech, how marvelous! I do love a good oration. ‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends!’”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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TOKYO—Hackers used an artificial-intelligence tool made by a Chinese engineer to target companies in Japan, according to cybersecurity researchers, adding to a wave of breaches that highlight how AI-powered attacks can overwhelm cyber defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"They should be aware of legal and reputational consequences, including the risk of involving themselves in serious breaches of international law," Miliband said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence is also being used by bad actors for deepfake voice impersonations, more personalized “realistic” dialogue, and “data mashing” from various breaches to compile a hyperpersonalized profile of the would-be victim.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
That horizontal movement is how most serious cyber breaches spread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
She finally breaches the wall of quiet between us.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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It said her actions amounted to serious misconduct, breached fundamental nursing standards and caused both financial and emotional harm.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The next key moving average to keep an eye on, which the Nasdaq hasn’t breached since March, is the 200-DMA, which many view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Gold prices rose on a softer U.S. dollar, and Saxo Bank said key resistance remained around $4,235—a level breached during the late-September selloff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Newport Beach spent the weekend working around the clock to protect homes after waves breached the city’s defenses along Balboa Peninsula.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was December 1990, and I was traveling to Berlin with the re- porters covering secretary of state James A. Baker III. The Berlin Wall had been breached a year earlier, on November 9, 1989.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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Siegel separately brought a new arbitration claim against Overdeck accusing him of breaching his fiduciary duty and having “undisclosed professional and financial conflicts of interest,” the investor letter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Manchester City returned to the welcoming surroundings of home for the first time since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations awash with defiance and presenting an 'us against the world' united front.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Where costs rise above the ceiling, refiners and importers will carry the shortfall and recover it later when crude prices or exchange rates allow without breaching the ceiling," he said,
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Everton were deducted 10 points, later reduced to six on appeal, by an independent commission for breaching Premier League financial rules.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
‘Tardy as usual, Hippolytos. I hope your news is worth the wait. King Porphyrion should be . The ground between them split. An even larger giant leaped from the earth like a breaching whale. ‘
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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