U.S. Representative Martha McSally today released the following statement on the resignation of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta after two different cybersecurity breaches led to the theft of personal information of more than 22 million people.
"Director Archuleta's resignation was necessary and justified given the scope and seriousness of her agency's failure to protect millions of Americans' personal information, including residents in the Second District," said Rep. McSally. "This breach, which represents the most serious cybersecurity crisis in our nation's history, was not the result of failed technology, but of a failure in leadership. OPM's refusal to heed previous warnings to their systems' vulnerabilities and learn from past breaches is inexcusable. The agency needs to act quickly to secure its data, and each agency head needs to reassess immediately the level of their cybersecurity protections to prevent further breaches."