exfiltrate
verb
ex·fil·trate
eks-ˈfil-ˌtrāt 
ˈeks-(ˌ)fil-
exfiltrated; exfiltrating
1
: to remove (someone) furtively from a hostile area
Kublinski avoided detection. He was exfiltrated from Poland, with his family, only after being compromised by a leak from the U.S. government.—
Radek Sikorski
Radek Sikorski2
: to steal (sensitive data) from a computer (as with a flash drive)
: to escape from a hostile area
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What To Know The new leak allegedly stems from a 400GB trove of user data said to have been exfiltrated by a disgruntled employee during mass layoffs at X following Musk's 2022 acquisition of the company, according to reports from Computing.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
These groups, Miller explained, exploit security gaps, leveraging vulnerabilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, exfiltrate sensitive data and ultimately deploy their payloads.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
In the nascent field of AI hacking, indirect prompt injection has become a basic building block for inducing chatbots to exfiltrate sensitive data or perform other malicious actions.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Like Salt Typhoon, this group is highly proficient in cloud exploitation, using lateral movement techniques to transition from on-premises to cloud environments, maintain persistence and rapidly exfiltrate data.
—Chris McHenry, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
These groups, Miller explained, exploit security gaps, leveraging vulnerabilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, exfiltrate sensitive data and ultimately deploy their payloads.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
In the nascent field of AI hacking, indirect prompt injection has become a basic building block for inducing chatbots to exfiltrate sensitive data or perform other malicious actions.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Like Salt Typhoon, this group is highly proficient in cloud exploitation, using lateral movement techniques to transition from on-premises to cloud environments, maintain persistence and rapidly exfiltrate data.
—Chris McHenry, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Exfiltrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exfiltrate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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