Cybersecurity

U.S. Personnel Director Archuleta Quits After Data Breach

Katherine Archuleta stepped down after the disclosure that data from 22 million people had been stolen from the government and lawmakers from both parties condemned her actions.

Katherine Archuleta, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), listens during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. U.S. senators said yesterday they doubt the government's personnel office understands the breadth of a computer hack that exposed the records of more than 4 million federal workers, or that the agency can stop another breach.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Toluse Olorunnipa and Chris Strohm

July 10, 2015 at 4:37 PM UTC

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July 10, 2015 at 5:32 PM UTC

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The U.S. government’s human resources director resigned Friday, a day after disclosing that hackers stole personal data for more than 22 million people from her agency in one of the worst security breaches in history.

Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, stepped down after several lawmakers in both parties complained that she had failed to install appropriate safeguards for the government’s records and did not quickly detect or address the breach.