Data Leakage

Definitions

1. The unauthorized exposure or escape of sensitive data through technical flaws, misconfiguration, insecure handling, or accidental sharing. Leakage can happen without a dramatic breach if information quietly ends up in logs, public buckets, or third-party tools.

   In plain English: Sensitive data getting exposed or shared when it should not be.

   Example: "The root cause was data leakage through debug logs that captured full session tokens."

Related Terms

• Information Disclosure
• Data Broker
• Encrypted Messaging
• Internet Exposure
• Known Vulnerability
• PII
• Port Forwarding
• Public Vulnerability
• Recording Security
• Robot Exclusion
• Rogue Server