Ethical Disclosure
Also known as: Responsible disclosure, Victim notification
Ethical disclosure is the practice of responsibly notifying an organisation that its data or credentials have been exposed — for example, in infostealer logs — so it can remediate, rather than exploiting or publicising the exposure.
What is ethical disclosure?
Ethical (or responsible) disclosure means privately informing an affected party of a security exposure and giving them the opportunity to fix it before details are shared more widely. In the infostealer context, it often means alerting an organisation that its credentials appear in stealer logs.
Why it matters
Infostealer data circulates among criminals quickly. Ethical disclosure shifts that information to defenders, turning a criminal asset into a remediation opportunity and reducing real-world harm.
VantaPrism enables ethical disclosure workflows by giving organisations clear, evidence-backed visibility into their own infostealer exposure so they can act on it.
Check Your Exposure arrow_forwardFrequently Asked Questions
What is ethical disclosure in infostealer intelligence?
Related Terms
Compromised credentials are usernames and passwords that have been exposed to unauthorized parties — frequently throu…
Dark web monitoring is the practice of continuously searching dark-web markets, forums, and channels for an organisat…
Threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge about threats — actors, tactics, and indicators — used to inform defe…
A data breach is an incident in which sensitive data is accessed or disclosed without authorisation. Infostealer infe…