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 county in South East England and one of the home counties. It border ...

, 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 4 feet 3 inches and is 20 feet at its deepest. It is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire ...

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 free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games, for Windows. Teased under the codename ''Project A'' in October 2019, the game began a closed beta period with limited access on April ...

Journalism

* ''The Breach'' (media outlet), an online, Canadian news outlet 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 their lifetime as a group, is noted for combining various elements of hardcore with metal music. They issued 4 full-length ...

, a Swedish post-hardcore band * Breached, a Canadian rock band

Albums

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

Songs

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

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 reboo ...

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

Law

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

, a common law tort that protects private information that is conveyed in confidence * Breach of contract, 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 law, a duty of care is a legal obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be establi ...

, 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 property, a civil wrong against property, either trespass to land or trespass to chattels *

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 several jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It is a form of disorderly conduct. Public ord ...

, 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. Wher ...

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

Science, social science, and technology

BREACH Breach, Breached, or The Breach may refer to: Places * Breach, Kent, United Kingdom * Breach, West Sussex, United Kingdom * ''The Breach'', Great South Bay in the State of New York People * Breach (DJ), an Electronic/House music act * Miroslava ...

, a security exploit against the HTTPS protocol *Breach,

whale 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 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, 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