The announcement comes after the records of 21.5 million people were stolen from the the Office of Personnel Management in a cyber attack.
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Katherine Archuleta, the director of the federal Office of Personnel Management, which suffered a major cyber hack that led to the records of 21.5 million people being stolen, resigned Friday, a White House official told BuzzFeed News.
"This morning, I offered, and the President accepted, my resignation as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management," Archuleta said in a statement. "I conveyed to the President that I believe it is best for me to step aside and allow new leadership to step in, enabling the agency to move beyond the current challenges and allowing the employees at OPM to continue their important work."
Beth Colbert, currently the Deputy Director for Management for the Office of Management and Budget, will become acting director starting tomorrow, the White House official said.
Archuleta and the OPM had been under fire ever since the agency first disclosed the security breach last month. The cyber attack — which officials believe to be the work of Chinese hackers — was the worst of its kind ever suffered by the U.S. government.
At first, the OPM said only 4.2 million people had been affected. On Thursday, Archuleta acknowledged the breach had been much worse, affecting 19.7 million people who applied for background checks to work in the federal government, as well some 1.8 million of their spouses or cohabitants.
"OPM needs a competent, technically savvy leader to manage the biggest cyber security crisis in this nation's history," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican who chairs the Oversight Committee. "The Inspector General has been warning about security lapses at OPM for almost a decade. This should have been addressed much, much sooner but I appreciate the President doing what's best now."
The stolen data includes Social Security numbers of applicants and their spouses, as well as forms disclosing any prior mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, and any financial difficulties, the Associated Press reported.
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