breached
Got past defenses
Breached is the past tense of breach—to break through, violate, or fail to uphold.
A wall can be breached by attackers, a contract breached by a party who doesn't fulfill its terms, trust breached by betrayal.
Hackers breached the company's security systems.
The whale breached and crashed back into the water—here meaning to leap above the surface.
Broke a rule
- transgressedBroke a rule
- contravenedActed against a rule
- floutedOpenly defied authority
- disregardedNot given consideration
overstepped · encroached · trespassed · disobeyed · defied · compromised · undermined · broken
Gained unauthorized access
- firewallNetwork access control system
- securityProtection from threat
- dataFacts for analysis
- systemConnected parts forming whole
network · server · database · passwords · encrypted · vulnerability · exploit · compromised
Vertical enclosing structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- rampartFortified defensive wall
fortification · barricade · defenses · perimeter · bulwark · palisade · parapet · gate
Stuck on land
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- surfacedCame into view
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- humpbackBaleen whale species
orca · sperm · blue · fin · gray · minke · cetacean · marine
Shared position between parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- termsConditions of an agreement
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
trust · covenant · promise · obligation · warranty · pledge · settlement · pact
infringed
Broke a rule
- transgressedBroke a rule
- contravenedActed against a rule
- floutedOpenly defied authority
disregarded · overstepped · encroached · trespassed · disobeyed · defied · compromised · undermined · broken · circumvented
hacked
Gained unauthorized access
system · network · server · database · passwords · encrypted · vulnerability · exploit · compromised · unauthorized
wall
Vertical enclosing structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- dikeWall against flooding
- embankmentRaised earth structure
rampart · fortification · barricade · defenses · perimeter · bulwark · palisade · parapet · gate · fence
beached
Stuck on land
humpback · orca · sperm · blue · fin · gray · minke · cetacean · marine · shore
agreement
Shared position between parties
confidentiality · trust · covenant · promise · obligation · warranty · pledge · settlement · pact · accord
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- enduredsurvived, endured, weathered, withstood, tolerated
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
breachedintact
Not damaged or altered
unbreached · sealed · whole · unbroken · closed
breachedsecured
Made fast or obtained
protected · defended · safeguarded · uncompromised · guarded
- step into the breachFill an urgent vacancy
- security breachUnauthorized penetration of protected systems
- security breachesUnauthorized access to protected information
- breach of promiseFailing to honor commitment
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- data breachesUnauthorized access to protected information