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data theft

nounid 2238·updated May 12, 2026
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The deliberate or intentional act of stealing of information.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
data thefts
possessive
data theft's
pluralpossessive
data thefts'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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The deliberate or intentional act of stealing of information.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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