exfiltrate
Secretly remove data
Exfiltrate means to smuggle out, especially to move people, data, or materials secretly from hostile or restricted territory.
Intelligence agencies exfiltrate agents when their cover is blown.
In cybersecurity, attackers exfiltrate stolen data from compromised networks: The malware exfiltrated customer records to overseas servers.
The word mirrors infiltrate but reverses the direction—out rather than in.
Concealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- smuggleConvey illicitly across borders
conceal · sneak · evade · elude · escape · disguise · cover · ghost
Covert information gatherer
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- operativeCovert field agent
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- handlerOne who manages something
asset · tradecraft · dead-drop · mole · sleeper · counterintelligence · surveillance · cipher
Act of removing
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- rescueSave from harm
- tacticalStrategically planned
- missionPurpose-driven task
operation · commando · SEALs · helicopter · airlift · rendezvous · personnel · hostage
Facts for analysis
- breachBreaking of agreement
- hackShortcut or breach
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- encryptionConverting data into code
firewall · vulnerability · exploit · backdoor · phishing · ransomware · spyware · intrusion
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
smuggle · conceal · sneak · evade · elude · escape · disguise · cover · ghost · shadow
spy
Covert information gatherer
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- operativeCovert field agent
- informantOne who provides intelligence
handler · asset · tradecraft · dead-drop · mole · sleeper · counterintelligence · surveillance · cipher · decryption
extraction
Act of removing
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- rescueSave from harm
- tacticalStrategically planned
mission · operation · commando · SEALs · helicopter · airlift · rendezvous · personnel · hostage · operative
data
Facts for analysis
encryption · firewall · vulnerability · exploit · backdoor · phishing · ransomware · spyware · intrusion · unauthorized
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- Spycraftspy, agent, asset, covert, handler
- security actionsauthenticate, authorize, detect, defend, encrypt