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
She says she was immediately sent home from work and suspended, pending a disciplinary hearing, at which she was sacked for gross misconduct because contacting the media was in breach of her contract.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
When it was finished it would be impregnable: no giant, no troll, no dwarf, no mortal would be able to breach that wall.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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
Last month, an independent commission found Manchester City guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League's financial rules over a nine-season period.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
The breaches threatened the lives of agents and created insidious doubts, with officials questioning each other’s loyalty.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
"When our rules are breached, we act against the accounts involved, up to permanent bans."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
Narayan on Monday warned that "it seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Commander Lewis probably ordered them deployed during the evac. Not a bad idea. Have the emergency shelters ready in case the MAV didn't work and the Hab breached."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The jeers from Manchester City fans were turned up a notch against Ipswich last Saturday when the side played their first home game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial rules.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
Since 2024, there has been a fivefold increase in the number of North Korean troops breaching the border with the South in order to fortify it, according to Seoul’s military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
‘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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