exfiltration
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9.2
- noun
- /ˌɛksfɪlˈtreɪʃən/
- Specialized
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exfiltración
- It includes infiltration, exfiltration, natural ventilation, and mechanical ventilation.
- exfiltration attacks
Examples
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So this particular botnet also had data exfiltration capabilities which it would data mine your hard drive and look for special things.
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'We need exfiltration, Jonas'
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The final paper of the session presented a Stackelberg game model for botnet data exfiltration attacks and corresponding defenses.
Academic text (2017) -
The film follows exfiltration expert Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) who works for the CIA.
Blog text (10) -
The security team detected a breach, but thankfully, no data exfiltration occurred during the incident.
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Experts discuss methods to prevent exfiltration of sensitive information from secure networks.
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The hacker's plan centered around the exfiltration of classified documents from the government database.
Synonyms
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3.5
To send secret digital information out of a secure computer or to another country without permission
A secret action to send data out of a computer or network to steal it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A secret action to take someone to safety from a dangerous area
- Specialized
A secret action to send data out of a computer or network to steal it
How Covert
Surface Forms
Morphology
exfiltration = exfiltrate (semi-transparent) = ex + filtrate + ion
Formally derived from ex- + filtrate + -ion, but the notion of secrecy/specialized register is not fully predictable from the components for an average learner.
Etymology
Exfiltration comes from ex- meaning 'out' and filter meaning 'to pass through', so imagine secret files 'filtering out' of a locked computer like water slipping through a small hole. So, exfiltration is the secret moving of information out of a secure system.