gigaleak

English

Etymology

From giga- +‎ leak (“divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret”).

Noun

gigaleak (plural gigaleaks)

1. A very large data leak, usually relating to a company involved in pop culture.
   • 2021 July 25, Arron Kluz, “Biggest Discoveries From the Nintendo 'Gigaleak'”, in GameRant‎^[1]:

     The Nintendo Gigaleak was a massive amount of data obtained from Nintendo that revealed numerous prototypes, cut content, and design documents for some of the industry giant's biggest franchises.

   • 2023 July 12, SupritoB, “The 2022/23 Gigaleak”, in Valve Cut Content Wiki‎^[2]:

     The 2022/23 Gigaleak, also known as "The Valve Repository leak," the "Valve Gigaleak," or the "Garjulio leaks" was a series of leaks ranging from December of 2022 through January of 2023. This leak comprised of entire pieces of Valve's external Dev repository given to people who buy a Source Engine license.

   • 2024 April 11, Whang!, 00:01:09 from the start, in The Nickelodeon Gigaleak - Tales From the Internet:

     ...all that changed with a massive breach to Nickelodeon's internal database, a breach that was referred to as the Nickelodeon Gigaleak...