What the OPM breach really revealed is that government cybersecurity isn't even up to the par of the private sector, and the private sector suffers security breaches all the time, so it's a wake-up call both for the government networks and commercial networks.

Marc Zwillinger

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Right now Apple Inc to access data is aware that customer data is under siege from a variety of different directions.

Marc Zwillinger

Individually, the OPM breach and the Ashley Madison breach both present significant dangers to U.S. personnel, including intelligence personnel, but taken together, they really ratchet up the level of harm, the OPM breach has confidential information about U.S. personnel and people that have applied for security clearances, and the Ashley Madison breach reveals people's most intimate secrets about the affairs they might be having, and together, it provides a lot of leverage that could be used to blackmail and possibly influence U.S. personnel.

Marc Zwillinger