Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

data leak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: data leak
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Accidental exposure of sensitive data.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

data leaks (plural) data leakage (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

data breach

Questions

What does data leak mean?: Accidental exposure of sensitive data.

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