Another word for data stealing is data breach.
Other words for data stealing are information theft and data exfiltration.
Data stealing or data breach is the unauthorized access and removal of sensitive information and data from a system.
Data breach is the most common word for data stealing and refers to any incident where confidential data is exposed without authorization.
And data exfiltration is what describes the actual act of transferring that stolen data out of a system and is often used in a more technical context.
Data leak is when data is unintentionally exposed due to human error or a system misconfiguration.
Data stealing or data theft is a serious crime.
Stealing data or data theft falls under federal scrutiny and the penalties for data theft and data stealing can be severe and include several years in prison including federal prison if caught and convicted as well as huge fines and court costs.
A data breach is an event in which an organization or individual has their data accessed unwillingly.
A data breach can happen accidentally but is usually done intentionally by a bad person.
Data theft then refers to the natural next step that follows a breach.
The 3 kinds of data breach are availability breach, integrity breach and confidentiality breach.