Secretary Noem Terminates Inept FEMA Employees After Uncovering Massive Cyber Failures, Demands Accountability

Release Date: August 29, 2025

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/29/secretary-noem-terminates-inept-fema-employees-after-uncovering-massive-cyber

>the important bit, below; this is seriously ridiculous, no 2FA on their admin accounts? not patching? using old internet protocols? no CM controls? jfc. This is why people hate the government. Do as I say, not as I do. Kash, trace the $$ who was getting paid to leave it wide open like that?

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

The entrenched bureaucrats who led FEMA’s IT team for decades resisted any efforts to fix the problem. Instead,they avoided scheduled inspections and lied to officials about the scope and scale of the cyber vulnerabilities.

Failures included: an agency-wide lack of multi-factor authentication, use of prohibited legacy protocols, failing to fix known and critical vulnerabilities, and inadequate operational visibility.

>ru fn kidding me?

FEMAspent nearly half a billion dollars on IT and cybersecurity measures in Fiscal Year 2025alone and delivered virtually nothing for the American people. Despite burning hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, FEMA’s IT leadership still neglected its basic duties and exposed the entire Department to cyberattacks.

>cyasuckas o7