criminal attack
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"We're not denying this happened," Biderman told Krebs, describing the hack as a criminal attack.
From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2015
Moving medical records from paper to electronic form allows both patients and providers better access, but it has also made patient records susceptible to breaches, whether unintentionally or through a criminal attack.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2015
In this case that just didn't happen, and when the database was targeted – albeit in a determined criminal attack – the security measures in place were simply not good enough.
From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2013
Riyadh described the killing of the diplomat as a "criminal attack" and said it would investigate alongside Pakistani authorities, the state news agency said.
From Reuters • May 16, 2011
Owners, say the courts, have long been liable to a tenant injured by a negligently maintained elevator; they will now have to pay for exposing people to an "unreasonable" risk of criminal attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
