Chaffetz Statement on Latest OPM Data Breach Revelation
Information of 21.5 Million Individuals Compromised
WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s OPM announcement that the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million individuals was compromised in the breach. This statement follows two separate Oversight Committee hearings on June 16th and June 24th on the OPM data breach. On June 26th, Chairman Chaffetz and 17 other lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to remove OPM Director Katherine Archuleta and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Donna Seymour from their positions.
“As I’ve said since June 16, after the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on this disastrous data breach, Director Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour need to resign or be removed. Since at least 2007, OPM leadership has been on notice about the vulnerabilities to its network and cybersecurity policies and practices. Director Archuleta and Ms. Seymour consciously ignored the warnings and failed to correct these weaknesses. Their negligence has now put the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million Americans into the hands of our adversaries. Such incompetence is inexcusable. Again, I call upon President Obama to remove Director Archuleta and Ms. Seymour immediately.”