Leakpeddling

Leakpeddling is the act of covert buying, selling, exchange or brokering of proprietary corporate information. Within Nyaria, the term usually refers to the movement of industrial formulas, internal schematics, prototype data, market forecasts, and other controlled knowledge from one party to another without authorization.

Common methods of company secret trading include:

• insider leaks by employees or contractors
• theft through physical intrusion
• network intrusion and archive extraction
• resale through intermediaries
• dead-drop exchanges
• salvage of improperly destroyed hardware

The actors involved vary widely:

• rival corporations
• independent brokers
• criminal syndicates
• opportunistic employees
• ideological leakers
• scavengers and salvagers