by now it's a well worn/used trope to make -gate names for any scandal. But the distance in time (and culture) to the original Watergate scandal is growing, so it seems less impactful now.
Evem not knowing the history of Watergate, it's a meme now. A few months ago in a spanish speaking country there was a case known as "Rolexgate": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolexgate