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Data exfiltration

What does “Data exfiltration” mean?

Data exfiltration: Moving data out of an authorized environment without permission.

Data exfiltration visual guide: Moving data out of an authorized environment without permission.
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What is an example of “Data exfiltration”?

An injected instruction tries to make an agent send private files to an external server.

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See also

AlignmentTermAI safetyTermAgent guardrailsTermAdversarial trainingTermIndirect prompt injectionTerm

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