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BREACH

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.

Etymology

Short for browser reconnaissance and exfiltration via adaptive compression of hypertext, chosen to spell the word breach.

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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).