The phrase "break the security" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in any situation where you are describing someone trying to bypass security, such as "The hacker was determined to break the security and access the confidential files."
The information extracted by Graham can now be used to break the security on every compromised Lenovo computer.
It complained that the publication could "allow someone, especially a sophisticated criminal gang with the right tools, to break the security and steal a car".
A federal judge has prohibited Mr. Corley from distributing a computer program that can break the security lock on a digital videodisc.
Working with two programmers he met through the Internet, Jon Johansen said it was not difficult to break the security code.
However, he said he was unwilling to be specific about the nature of the security system, because such information would be valuable to someone who was attempting to break the security of the Atmel smart cards.
Still another line, "cleric tried to escape in a veil," alludes to the head cleric of Islamabad's Red Mosque — which was the target of a siege in 2007 by the Pakistani government against Islamic militants — who tried unsuccessfully to break the security cordon by wearing a veil.
A person who legally obtains insider information — as a corporate official or an investment banker, for example — will almost certainly break the securities law if he or she trades on the basis of that information before it is made public.
Instead of answering, they broke the security chain and forced their way in.
So Sancho went into the Leon County storage, broke the security seals on the records, and pulled out the ballots.
"This is an extraordinary event that, of course, breaks the security protocols of any prison in the world," the minister said.
In the case of Superfish, for example, the software broke the security system used to deliver encrypted webpages in order to put adverts on Google search pages.
