Comment by afandian

In addition to comments here calling the words 'memory leak' disingenuous because it's technically correct but underplays the problem, I'm now seeing articles in non-technical publications referring to the incident as a "leak".

In the wider world the word "leak" doesn't mean memory access patterns, it means deliberate sabotage.

The headline in "The Verge" is "Password and dating site messages leaked by internet giant Cloudflare". That's technically correct too, but also gives completely the wrong message.

Simpler, proactive messaging from Cloudfront might have helped here.