DHS Secretary Noem Fires Two Dozen at FEMA Citing Cyber Lapses

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she fired two dozen employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a review determined significant flaws had allowed a hacker to access to FEMA’s network.

The employees “brazenly neglected basic security protocols,” including “an agencywide lack of multifactor authentication, use of prohibited legacy protocols, failing to fix known and critical vulnerabilities and inadequate operational visibility,” according to a statement released on Friday afternoon.

“FEMA’s career IT leadership failed on every level,” Noem said. “These deep-state individuals were more interested in covering up their failures than protecting the Homeland and American citizens’ personal ...