Outuploaded

Outuploaded is a neologism encountered primarily in online discussions of data transfer and privacy. It refers to data that has been uploaded from a local device or network to an external endpoint, such as a cloud service, external server, or peer system. In this sense, outuploaded denotes outbound data movement, as opposed to downloaded, which implies inbound movement to a local device.

The term combines the preposition out with uploaded, signaling outbound uploads. It is informal and not part of formal cybersecurity taxonomy. It began appearing in informal threads and incident summaries in the late 2010s and remains variably defined across sources.

Usage varies: in cybersecurity and data governance discussions, outuploaded helps distinguish outbound data transfers from other forms of data flow; in user-facing contexts, it might describe content that users upload to a service. Because it is not standardized, meanings may differ by organization or community, and researchers often replace it with clearer phrases like "outbound uploads" or "data exfiltration when unauthorized."

See also: data exfiltration, outbound traffic, upload, data leakage.