exfiltration
Example Sentences
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As the aviator hid from Iranian forces, the agency spread false word inside the country that the U.S. military had already located the downed airman and were preparing to move him overland for exfiltration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Desktop agents are still at an early research stage and come with a huge number of risks, including data deletion and exfiltration.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
The podcast for the first time identified the second CIA officer who accompanied Mendez, naming him as agency linguist and exfiltration specialist Ed Johnson.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
"We are lucky there hasn't been any exfiltration of data because that would have been embarrassing."
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023
Also, MI6 made it clear that exfiltration was for Gordievsky alone: He would have to leave his wife and two daughters behind, to an uncertain fate.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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