exfiltrate

Definition

The spy-thriller term for sneaking something or someone out of a hostile area without detection—whether it's troops escaping enemy territory or hackers stealing your company's data. It's infiltration's evil twin, the exit strategy when you've gotten what you came for. Cybersecurity teams lose sleep over data exfiltration while action heroes make it look easy.

Example Usage

The hackers managed to exfiltrate 10 million customer records before the security team noticed their morning coffee was still warm.

Source: Military and cybersecurity terminology

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