Data breach is a deliberate or desultory denudation of classified materials to proscribed bodies. In the fast- evolving technology era, data has evolved into one of the most core elements of an organization. Data spill causes grim impendence to organizations and tarnishes its solvency. As the volume of data is flowering wantonly and data breaches are happing spasmodically all the more, diagnosing and forestalling data breaches have been one of the most crying invincibility presentiments for organizations. Despite copious exploratory studies on safeguarding sensitive information from being divulged, it remains a dynamic research theme. A clear-sighted methodology for data breaches management is the crying need of the hour and, hence, there should be sincere efforts to manage the problems. Against this backdrop, this paper on the strength of secondary data is a proposition to illuminate the concept of data breaches and their classification. This paper also appraises the gravity of data breaches and the challenges that need to be cogitated in the high-technology epoch.