document leak
Unauthorized file release
A document leak is the unauthorized release of confidential information, typically to journalists or the public.
Leaks may expose government secrets, corporate misconduct, or private communications: The document leak revealed the company had known about the defect for years.
The term implies someone inside an organization deliberately disclosed materials they had access to.
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- deep throatComplete oral insertion
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- classified informationSensitive, access-restricted material
- top secretHighest classification level
WikiLeaks · Panama Papers · Snowden · Edward Snowden · national security · confidential · expose · secret · breach · data breach · hack · intelligence · redacted · Pentagon · papers · source · anonymous · journalism
- leaksseepage, drip, drips, trickle, ooze
- information breachesdata breach, confidentiality breach, privacy breach, security breach, database breach
- communication failsmisunderstanding, autocorrect fail, typo, wrong number, reply all
document leakcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
classification · redaction · secrecy · censorship · stonewalling
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