Word of the day: exfiltrate

Here's the Dictionary.com definition.

–verb (used without object)
1. to escape furtively from an area under enemy control.
–verb (used with object)
2. to smuggle (military personnel) out of an area under enemy control.

I just heard the word used (with an object) to refer to the unauthorized sending of information out of a computer—or more generally out of an organization—e.g., by spyware.

The worm infiltrated the corporate IT system and then exfiltrated the company's personal records.