1. Due to a malfunction in the online security system, the database was left open and .......... to attack.

2. The customers' information was hijacked and .......... to a rival company.

3. After the company's data records mysteriously went missing overnight, new password protection programs were .......... .

4. The computer hacker paid his fellow worker .......... money not to speak to anyone about his criminal activities.

5. By day, the accountant went about his work in a professional manner. No one suspected that at night, he was .......... the books.

6. According to .......... theory, the longer a password is, the more difficult it is to guess. Unfortunately this also makes it more difficult to remember!

7. Patents do not protect a product from being duplicated. Many countries simply do not .......... patent laws.

8. The PR company hoped that by .......... potential employees to personality profiling tests, they would discover if any candidates were untrustworthy.

9. .......... wisdom holds that one should upload new files only if they have been checked with virus-detection software.

10. The man's employment .......... were not good. He had a criminal record for credit card fraud.