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Why wouldn’t it be?

• diggan 9y ago
  Guess it's about intent. They write "data spillage" which I take as "accidently sent to wrong people" while "data breach" which I would take as "someone took the data with intent to spread it". From the article: > Personal information can be used by criminals or entities to steal identities, commit bank and credit fraud, or phishing schemes. Getting a bit tired of this. You can't really steal someones identity. But a criminal could use this to commit fraud, but you still have your own identity. Guess it's the same as with piracy. It's not really stealing so much as copying, but everyone calls it stealing...
  • mikeash 9y ago
    The top result on Google just says, “A data breach is a confirmed incident in which sensitive, confidential or otherwise protected data has been accessed and/or disclosed in an unauthorized fashion.”