WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Friday she fired two dozen members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) IT department, citing "massive cyber failures."

"While conducting a routine cybersecurity review, the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) discovered significant security vulnerabilities that gave a threat actor access to FEMA’s network," the DHS said in a statement.

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"The investigation uncovered several severe lapses in security that allowed the threat actor to breach FEMA’s network and threaten the entire Department and the nation as a whole."

No Americans were directly impacted and no sensitive data was extracted from any DHS networks, the statement added.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/dhs-chief-noem-fires-two-dozen-fema-employees-citing-cybersecurity-failures-2025-08-29/