WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fired two dozen Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees Friday following “massive” cybersecurity failures that compromised government networks and put operations “at risk.”
The ousted employees include FEMA Chief Information Officer Charles Armstrong, Chief Information Security Officer Gregory Edwards and 22 other IT workers at the agency, reps told The Post.
“FEMA’s career IT leadership failed on every level. Their incompetence put the American people at risk,” Noem said in a statement.
“When DHS stepped in to fix the problem, entrenched bureaucrats worked to prevent us from solving the problem and downplayed just how bad this breach was.”
Noem stated that the agency’s network was accessed by “a threat actor” after