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Terms of Use

Effective date: November 6, 2026 · Last updated: November 11, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Coffee Breach game (formerly called PATCH PANIC), the websites at coffeebreach.com and app.coffeebreach.com and related services (the "Service"), operated by Launch Texas LLC ("Launch Texas", "Coffee Breach", "we", "us") and developed by Vishva Patel. When you create your profile, you confirm that you are 18 or older and accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy by ticking a box; we record the version you accepted and when. These Terms incorporate our Security Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

The Service is for adults. You must be at least 18 years old, and old enough to enter a binding contract where you live, to use the Service. Do not use it, or invite anyone to it, if that person is under 18.

2. Your account

3. Usernames, profile photos, event and team names, and conduct

Usernames, profile photos and event names are public, and team names are seen by team members (and by everyone if the team appears in the public ranking). They must not impersonate any person or organization, infringe anyone's rights, or be offensive, hateful, harassing, violent, sexually explicit or misleading. Names that could be mistaken for our staff or brand (for example ones containing "admin", "support", "official", "moderator", "Launch Texas", "Coffee Breach" or "Patch Panic") are reserved, and we may refuse, rename or remove them.

Profile photos. Only upload a photo of yourself, or an image you have the right to use. Do not upload photos of other people (especially children) without their permission. Do not upload files containing malicious code or designed to harm or test the Service; uploads are checked and re-processed, and attempts to upload harmful files may lead to suspension.

We may change or remove any username, profile photo or event name, and suspend accounts, that we reasonably believe violate these Terms.

4. Fair play

Leaderboards only mean something if everyone plays fairly. You agree not to:

We may remove scores, badges or rankings, and suspend or terminate accounts, involved in any of the above. We may also automatically block the IP addresses or networks involved, which can affect others who share them. We are not responsible for any loss of access that results; if you think a block is a mistake, contact us as described in the Security Policy.

4A. Events hosted by players

Any signed-in player can host an event. If you host one, you are the organizer, not us. You are responsible for your event, its venue and attendees, the event name, any screens you show it on, any music you play, and following the laws and venue rules that apply. We provide the software only; we do not organize, sponsor, supervise or endorse events, and we are not responsible for what happens at them. We may end or remove any event at any time. A game counts on an event's board only if it finishes while you are still in the event and before the host ends it.

4A-1. Teams

Any signed-in player can create one team and invite others with a private link; each player can be in one team at a time. If you create a team, you run it, not us. You are responsible for the team name, who you invite, any weekly goal you set, and anything you promise or ask of your members. Members of a team see each other's usernames, profile photos and weekly results, and the owner can remove members. A team appears in the public team ranking only if its owner turns that on.

If you use a team at work, school or any organization, you are responsible for following that organization's policies and the laws that apply to it, including any rules on monitoring, evaluating or rewarding people. Results in Coffee Breach are a game: they are not a certification, an assessment of skills or a measure of anyone's job or academic performance, and they must not be used as one. We may rename, hide or delete any team, or remove its owner's access to team features, at any time.

4B. No prizes, no cash value

We do not offer prizes. Scores, XP, levels, badges, ranks and leaderboard positions are for fun only: they have no monetary value, cannot be exchanged for money or anything else, cannot be transferred, and may be changed, reset or removed. If an event host, team owner or anyone else offers prizes, giveaways or rewards based on the Service, that offer is theirs alone: they are solely responsible for it, including any rules, eligibility, taxes and compliance with contest, sweepstakes and promotion laws, and it is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Launch Texas LLC.

5. No security testing

Coffee Breach teaches security concepts through a game. It is not a target. You are not authorized to perform security testing, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, fuzzing, load or denial-of-service testing, social engineering, or any attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, its infrastructure, other users' accounts or data. Unauthorized access to computer systems may violate laws including the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030), Texas Penal Code Chapter 33 (Computer Crimes), and similar laws in other countries. If you come across a security issue while using the Service normally, follow our Security Policy and report it as described there.

6. Educational content

The questions, code samples, answers and explanations in the Service are simplified for teaching and entertainment. They are provided for general educational purposes only and are not professional security, legal or compliance advice. Code samples are intentionally vulnerable and must not be used in production. Questions about laws, regulations and standards (including GRC questions) summarize requirements that change over time; always check the official source and consult a qualified professional before relying on them. "Everyday Security" questions give general safety tips using made-up companies, people and messages; they are not advice for your situation. If you think you've been scammed or your account has been taken over, contact your bank, the company involved or the authorities.

"In the News" questions are drafted with the help of AI (Google's Gemini, or Anthropic's Claude) from public security advisories and automatically checked by AI before they appear. They may still contain mistakes, describe a simplified version of a real issue, and are removed after 30 days. Each one names the advisory it is based on; read the official advisory before acting on it.

6A. Your own music

The sound settings let you play music or audio files from your own device. You may only play files you have the right to play. If you play music out loud in a public or commercial setting (for example at an event or booth), you or the venue are responsible for any public-performance licenses required (such as from ASCAP, BMI or SESAC in the U.S.).

© 2026 Launch Texas LLC. All rights reserved. Coffee Breach was developed by Vishva Patel. The Service, including its software, game design, questions, explanations, text, graphics, posters, the "Coffee Breach" name and logo, and the Launch Texas name and logo, is owned by Launch Texas LLC and protected by copyright, trademark and other laws, except for the third-party materials described below. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your own non-commercial entertainment and learning, and to share posters and share links of your own scores.

You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, publicly display, create derivative works from, or reverse engineer the Service or its content, except as allowed by law or with our prior written permission. The same applies to any of the Service's source code that we make viewable (for example on GitHub): it is shown for viewing only, all rights reserved, under the license notice published with it.

Focus Music. The "Focus Music" track is the album 3 Hours of Chill Lofi Music for DEEP Sleep or Study Session by Lumosound, who owns it, used in the Service with permission. It is not part of the license we give you: you may listen to it while you use the Service, but you may not download, record, copy or redistribute it.

Third-party materials. The share posters use the Press Start 2P font by CodeMan38 and the JetBrains Mono font by JetBrains, both licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. "In the News" questions are based on advisories from the GitHub Advisory Database, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (questions are adapted, not copied), and from the U.S. CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CVE identifiers are from the CVE Program. OWASP, NIST, PCI DSS, LinkedIn, GitHub, CISA, CVE and other names mentioned in the Service are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and educational reference only; their mention does not imply endorsement.

Repeat infringers. We remove content that we believe infringes someone's rights, and we terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe.

Copyright complaints. If you believe content in the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to the address listed on our Security Policy page with the subject "Copyright notice", including: identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the allegedly infringing material and where it is located; your contact information; a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner; and your physical or electronic signature.

8. Content you provide

You keep any rights you have in your username, profile photo and event names. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display and reproduce them as needed to operate and promote the Service, for example on leaderboards, event screens and share posters. You can remove your profile photo at any time, which ends our use of it going forward. You are solely responsible for content you provide, and you confirm you have the rights needed to grant this license.

Feedback. If you send us ideas, suggestions or bug reports, including through "Suggest an idea" in the game, we may use them freely without any obligation or payment to you. We read suggestions but may not reply to or act on every one. Don't include confidential information, or other people's personal information, in a suggestion.

9. Changes, suspension and termination

We may change, suspend or discontinue all or part of the Service at any time, including questions, scoring and features. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or if needed to protect the Service or other users. You may stop using the Service at any time and ask us to delete your account as described in the Privacy Policy.

10. A free community project, and disclaimers

Coffee Breach is free. It is offered free of charge as a community and educational project. There are no fees, subscriptions, purchases or paid features, and you pay nothing to use it. Launch Texas LLC and Vishva Patel provide it as a courtesy, and only on the terms below.

Optional tips. You can choose to tip the developer through the "Support the cause" link, which goes to Buy Me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/vcyber), a separate service with its own terms. Tips are voluntary gifts to Vishva Patel, who uses them to help pay for running and improving Coffee Breach, such as hosting, AI services and updates. Vishva doesn't aim to profit from tips and intends to give any amount left over to free security-education efforts run by others. A tip doesn't buy anything: no features, accounts, priority, prizes or other benefits, and Coffee Breach stays free whether or not you tip. Tips aren't tax-deductible charitable donations. Payments, receipts and refunds are handled by Buy Me a Coffee, and Coffee Breach is not affiliated with or endorsed by Buy Me a Coffee.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE, OR THAT SCORES, RANKINGS OR CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR PRESERVED.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LAUNCH TEXAS LLC, COFFEE BREACH, VISHVA PATEL AND ANY OTHER DEVELOPERS, AND THEIR MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE. THEIR TOTAL COMBINED LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO USE THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, WHICH IS ZERO BECAUSE THE SERVICE IS FREE, OR (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $50). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Launch Texas LLC, Coffee Breach, Vishva Patel and any other developers, and their members, officers, employees, volunteers, contractors and agents from any claims, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your violation of these Terms, your misuse of the Service, content you provide, any event you host, or any team you create or run (including any prizes, rewards or goals offered at or through it).

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.

Talk to us first. Before filing any claim, you agree to contact us using the details on our Security Policy page with a description of the issue, and to try in good faith to resolve it informally for at least 60 days.

If it isn't resolved, any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Texas, and you consent to their jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by law, any claim must be brought within one (1) year after it arises, or it is permanently barred. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable rights you have under the laws of the place where you live.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms on this page and change the "Last updated" date. If changes are material, you will be asked to accept the new version before you can keep playing, hosting events or uploading a photo; if you don't accept, you can stop using the Service and close your account.

15. General

Electronic communications. You agree to receive communications from us electronically, such as sign-in and verification emails and notices shown in the Service, and that these satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.

Events beyond our control. We are not liable for any delay or failure caused by events outside our reasonable control, including outages of hosting, email or other providers, internet failures, attacks, natural disasters, or actions of governments.

Survival. Sections that by their nature should continue after your account is closed or these Terms end will continue, including those on intellectual property, content you provide, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity and disputes.

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Security Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a transfer of the Service.

16. Contact

See the contact details on our Security Policy page.