Also means
filtration
Usage Note
Filtración covers both a physical seepage (water through a wall or roof) and the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information ('a leak' in journalism). Context makes the sense clear, and in both cases the verb is filtrar.
Examples
"La filtración de datos causó un gran escándalo."
Natural Translation
The data leak caused a major scandal.
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