> Maybe those countries gained access to OPM data via the Snowden data? How? What on earth in the Snowden data could have fuelled the OPM breach? Aside from an

> Maybe those countries gained access to OPM data via the Snowden data? How? What on earth in the Snowden data could have fuelled the OPM breach? Aside from anything else, given the reportedly atrocious state of IT and security at OPM, it would hardly seem necessary, even if possible.