Meanings
plural gigaleaks
- A very large data leak, usually relating to a company involved in pop culture.
...all that changed with a massive breach to Nickelodeon's internal database, a breach that was referred to as the Nickelodeon Gigaleak...
2024 April 11, Whang!, 00:01:09 from the start, in The Nickelodeon Gigaleak - Tales From the Internet2 more examples
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.
2021 July 25, Arron Kluz, “Biggest Discoveries From the Nintendo 'Gigaleak'”, in GameRantThe 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.
2023 July 12, SupritoB, “The 2022/23 Gigaleak”, in Valve Cut Content Wiki, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2024
Origin
From giga- + leak (“divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret”).
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