email leak
Messages made public
An email leak is the unauthorized disclosure of private email communications to the public or media.
Leaks may expose corporate misconduct, political maneuvering, or personal indiscretions: The email leak revealed executives knew about the safety defect.
Unlike a hack, which emphasizes the breach itself, a leak emphasizes the resulting exposure—often implying an insider source.
- breachBreaking of agreement
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- hackShortcut or breach
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- exposeMake known publicly
smoking gun · scandal · whistleblower · inbox · classified · classified information · dump · phishing · sensitive · server · private server · WikiLeaks · password · private · compromised · chain of custody · documents · stolen
- information breachesdata breach, confidentiality breach, privacy breach, security breach, database breach
email leakdeclassification
Lifting official secrecy designations
press release · formal announcement · formal communication · press briefing · controlled release
email leakemail security
Safeguarding electronic correspondence
data protection · secure messaging · secure communication · confidentiality · sealed records
email, leak, e-mail, mail, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailbox