Twelfth Night is a reference to the twelfth night after Christmas Day, called the Eve of the Feast of Epiphany. It was originally a Catholic holiday and therefore, like other Christian feast days, an occasion for revelry.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure information to an untrusted environment. Other terms for this phenomenon include unintentional information disclosure, data leak and also data spill. Incidents range from concerted attack by black hats with the backing of organized crime or national governments to careless disposal of used computer equipment or data storage media.
Data breaches are more than a headache for businessesâthey're costly too. On average, the cost of a breach has risen to $4 million per incidentâup 29% since 2013âaccording to research sponsored by IBM's (ibm) security division released on Wednesday. Last year, a similar study found the average cost per breach to be $3.79 million. Get Data Sheet, Fortuneâs technology newsletter.