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data leak

data leak noun: accidental exposure of sensitive data.

Noun

data leak (plural data leaks)

  1. (computer security) Accidental exposure of sensitive data.
    • The parallel was not lost on Google, and the company chose not to disclose the data leak, the Wall Street Journal revealed Monday, in order to avoid the public relations headache and potential regulatory enforcement.2018 October 12, Julia Carrie Wong, Olivia Solon, “Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak”, in The Guardian
    • One phone that has contained signs of Pegasus activity belonged to our esteemed Mexican colleague Carmen Aristegui, whose number was in the data leak and who was targeted following her exposé of a corruption scandal involving her country’s former president Enrique Peña Nieto.2021 July 18, Paul Lewis, “Huge data leak shatters lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance”, in The Guardian

Forms of data leak

pluraldata leaks
alternative formdata leakage

Questions about data leak

What does data leak mean?
Data leak means accidental exposure of sensitive data.
What part of speech is data leak?
Data leak is a noun.
What is the plural of data leak?
The plural of data leak is data leaks.

Words near data leak in the dictionary

  1. data journalists
  2. data lake
  3. data lakehouse
  4. data lakehouses
  5. data lakes
  6. data leak
  7. data leaks
  8. data logger
  9. data loggers
  10. data maintenance
  11. data management

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