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Noem terminates 24 FEMA workers for failing to address cyber vulnerabilities


An internal FEMA email obtained by Nextgov/FCW ordered all agency employees to change their passwords “due to recent cybersecurity incidents and threats.”

FEMA’s IT employees “resisted any efforts to fix the problem,” avoided scheduled inspections and “lied” to officials about the scope of the cyber vulnerabilities, the agency added. “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,” it said. DHS was impacted in a sweeping, global hack involving Microsoft SharePoint products last month, Nextgov/FCW first reported.

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