Meaning & use
exfiltrate
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To remove someone or something secretly and often illegally from a place, especially in a military, espionage, or cybersecurity context.
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The team planned to exfiltrate the informant before his cover was blown.
Hackers used the malware to exfiltrate sensitive customer data from the company's servers.
A note on using this word
The direct opposite of 'infiltrate'; increasingly common in cybersecurity to describe stealing data rather than people.
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