信息泄露

信息洩露
xìnxīxièlù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 data / information leak
  2. 2 personal information leakage

Examples

Wǒ de shǒujīhào bèi xìnxī xièlù le.
My phone number got leaked.
Gōngsī yīn xìnxī xièlù bèi fákuǎn.
The company was fined for a data leak.

Tips

register
Formal / journalistic. In casual chat, people more often say 信息 'my info got leaked.' For the targeted-doxxing form, the term is 开盒 (kāihé) or 人肉 (rénròu) 'human flesh search.'
usage
Often used as a noun phrase ('a data leak'), occasionally verbal ('information was leaked'). Pair with 个人信息泄露 'personal data leak' for the privacy-rights context that's been heavily regulated since China's 2021 PIPL law.

Stroke Order

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