leakers
Sources revealing confidential information
Leakers are people who disclose confidential information to the public or press without authorization.
The term appears most often in political and corporate contexts: The White House is hunting for leakers.
Whether leakers are whistleblowers or traitors depends largely on whose secrets they reveal and to whom.
People providing secret intelligence
- sourcesPoints of origin
- insidersThose with special access
- tipstersThose offering predictions
- exposersThose who reveal secrets
whistleblowers · disclosers · truth-tellers · Deep Throat · Snowden · classified · documents · revelations
Falls in drops
- pipesCylindrical fluid carriers
- faucetsWater-dispensing fixtures
- valvesFlow-controlling mechanisms
- sealsAquatic whiskered mammals
gaskets · fixtures · taps · joints · corrosion · rust · water damage · repair
Breaks or violations
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- dataFacts for analysis
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
infiltrators · moles · spies · vulnerabilities · exploits · sensitive · proprietary · corporate
informants
People providing secret intelligence
exposers · whistleblowers · disclosers · truth-tellers · Deep Throat · Snowden · classified · documents · revelations · anonymous
drips
Falls in drops
seals · gaskets · fixtures · taps · joints · corrosion · rust · water damage · repair · plumber
breaches
Breaks or violations
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- dataFacts for analysis
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
compromised · infiltrators · moles · spies · vulnerabilities · exploits · sensitive · proprietary · corporate · espionage
- WhistleblowersEdward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Deep Throat, exposers, informers
- infringerspirates, plagiarists, counterfeiters, bootleggers, forgers
- eggschicken egg, scrambled eggs, duck egg, Easter egg, fried eggs
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- internet culturememes, meme, trolling, influencers, content creators
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
leakerscensors
Those who suppress content
redactors · security officers · suppressors · concealers · classifiers
- leaked photosPrivately obtained images made public
- leaked footageSecretly distributed video content
- leaked emailsUnauthorized release of correspondence
- leaked documentUnofficially released confidential material
- leaked memoUnofficial document disclosure
- leaked secretsConfidential information exposed