ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Fires Dozens of FEMA Staffers After ‘Threat Actor’ Breach

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has fired two dozen FEMA employees after a “threat actor” accessed the agency’s computer network.

The personnel move came after a cybersecurity review, as the New York Post first reported on Friday.

“FEMA’s career IT leadership failed on every level. Their incompetence put the American people at risk,” Noem said in a DHS press release, which was headlined “Secretary Noem Terminates Inept FEMA Employees After Uncovering Massive Cyber Failures, Demands Accountability.”

“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.”

Failures found included the lack of multi-factor authentication and using “prohibited legacy protocols,” according to the press