Data Breach Vocabulary

noun A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things. In this phrase, 'hands' is a noun referring to the body part where something could be held or caught.

verb A word used to describe an action or state of being. In this case, 'fall' is a verb indicating the action of something dropping or being misplaced.

adjective A word that describes or modifies a noun. 'Wrong' is an adjective describing the type of hands that something could fall into.

preposition A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. 'Into' is a preposition indicating movement towards the inside of something.

article A word that is used to specify a noun as specific or unspecific. 'The' is an article indicating a specific noun, in this case, 'hands'.

• It is crucial to ensure that sensitive information does not fall into the wrong hands.
• Make sure you don't let that document fall into the wrong hands.
• Don't let that gossip fall into the wrong hands!
• The key to the safe must not fall into the wrong hands.

noun a person who leaks information, especially secret or classified information

• The company launched an investigation to identify the leaker of confidential information.
• I heard there's a leaker in the office who's been sharing gossip with everyone.
• That leaker is always spilling the tea on everyone's business.
• The journalist was hailed as a hero for being a leaker of important government secrets.