Breach, Breached, or The Breach may refer to:

Places

Breach, Kent Breach is a small settlement in the Elham Valley about one mile (1.6 km) south of Barham(where, at the 2011 Census, the population was included) in Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East Engla ...

, United Kingdom * Breach, West Sussex, United Kingdom * ''The Breach'',

Great South Bay The Great South Bay is a lagoon situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about long and has an average depth of and is at its deepest. It is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Island, a barrier island ...

in the State of New York

People

* Breach (DJ), an Electronic/House music act * Miroslava Breach (1963–2017), Mexican journalist

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Breach'' (2007 film), a film directed by Billy Ray starring Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe * ''Breach'' (2020 film), a 2020 film starring Bruce Willis * ''The Breach'' (film), a 1970 French film by Claude Chabrol

Games

* ''Breach'' (1987 video game), a 1987 action game by Omnitrend Software * ''Breach'' (2011 video game), a defunct 2011 first-person shooter by Atomic Games * ''Breach'' (2018 video game), a cancelled 2018 action RPG by QC Games * ''Breached'' (video game), a 2016 action puzzle by Drama Drifters * Breach, an agent from the 2020 first-person shooter ''

Valorant ''Valorant'' is a 2020 First-person shooter, first-person tactical shooter, tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. A free-to-play game, ''Valorant'' takes inspiration from the ''Counter-Strike'' series, borrow ...

Journalism

* ''The Breach'' (website), a Canadian news website launched in 2021

Music

Groups

Breach (band) Breach was a Swedish post-hardcore band formed in Luleå in 1993. The band, which included a large line-up near the end of its existence, is noted for its highly distinctive style, combining elements of hardcore punk, extreme metal, indie-rock, ...

, a Swedish post-hardcore band *

Breached Breached was a Canadians, Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario, active from 2010 to 2015. Its members were Bobby Noakes (vocals), Age of Days, Mike Diesel (guitar/vocals), Ryan Alexander (bass), and Dear Jane, I..., Neil Uppal (drums). Mike ...

, a Canadian rock band

Albums

* ''Breach'' (Lewis Capaldi EP), 2018 * ''Breach'' (Shivaree EP), 2004 * ''Breach'' (The Wallflowers album), 2000 * ''Breach'' (Twenty One Pilots album), 2025

Songs

* " Breach (Walk Alone)", 2018, by Martin Garrix and Blinders * "Breach", a song by Erra from the 2018 album ''

Neon Neon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is the second noble gas in the periodic table. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with approximately two-thirds the density of ...

Television

* "Breach", a 2010 episode of the first season of '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * "The Breach" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of the second season of ''Star Trek: Enterprise''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Breach (character) Breach (Major Tim Zanetti) is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Breach'' #1 (March 2005), and was created by Bob Harras and Marcos Martin. Publication history Breach was originally intended to be a reboot of C ...

, a superhero from DC Comics * Warp core breach, a catastrophic event aboard a starship in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' fictional universe

Law

Breach of confidence The tort of breach of confidence is, in United Kingdom law and the United States law, a common-law tort that protects private information conveyed in confidence. A claim for breach of confidence typically requires the information to be of a co ...

, a common law tort that protects private information that is conveyed in confidence *

Breach of contract Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other part ...

, a situation in which a binding agreement is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract * Breach of

duty of care In Tort, tort law, a duty of care is a legal Law of obligations, obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of care, standard of Reasonable person, reasonable care to avoid careless acts that could foreseeab ...

, common law negligence *

Breach of promise Breach of promise is a common-law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions. It was also called breach of contract to marry,N.Y. Civil Rights Act article 8, §§ 80-A to 84. and the remedy awarded was known as heart balm. From at least the Middle ...

, a former common law tort *

Breach of the peace Breach of the peace or disturbing the peace is a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking countries and in a public order sense in the United Kingdom. It is a form of disorderly conduct. Public order England, Wales and Norther ...

, a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking countries *

Efficient breach In legal theory, particularly in law and economics, efficient breach is a voluntary breach of contract and payment of damages by a party who concludes that they would incur greater economic loss by performing under the contract. Development of th ...

, a breach of contract that the breaching party considers desirable *

Fundamental breach Fundamental breach of contract, is a controversial concept within the common law of contract. The doctrine was, in particular, nurtured by Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls from 1962 to 1982, but it did not find favour with the House of Lords. Whe ...

, a breach so fundamental that it permits the aggrieved party to terminate performance of the contract

Science, social science, and technology

* BREACH, a security exploit against the HTTPS protocol * Breach,

cetacean surfacing behaviour Cetacean surfacing behaviour is a grouping of movement types that cetaceans make at the water's surface in addition to breathing. Cetaceans have developed and use surface behaviours for many functions such as display, feeding and communication. A ...

(a whale's leap out of the water) * Breaching experiment, a social experiment that tests people's reactions to the violation of accepted social norms *

Data breach A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information". Attackers have a variety of motives, from financial gain to political activism, political repression, and espionage. There ...

, the release of secure or private information to an untrusted environment * Security breach, unauthorized access to a computer

Other uses

Door breaching Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available depending on the door's opening direction (inward or outward), construction materials, etc., ...

, a process to force open closed and/or locked doors * Breach (siege), the opening by artillery of a gap in the walls sufficient to be assaulted by infantry during siege warfare