open the floodgates (open the floodgates)

Idiom Cybersecurity

意味

to allow something to happen on a large scale; to trigger a chain reaction

何かが大規模に起こるのを許す; チェーンリアクションを引き起こす (nanika ga daikibo ni okoru no o yurusu; chēn riakushon o hikiokosu)

例文

"When the security flaw was leaked, it opened the floodgates for hackers worldwide."

"セキュリティの欠陥が漏洩したとき、それは世界中のハッカーに洪水の扉を開けた。" (sekyuriti no kekkan ga moreta toki, sore wa sekai-jū no hakkā ni **kōzui no tobira o aketa**.)