Overview

• Homeland Security confirmed the terminations after its Insider Threat Program found the workers used government devices and networks for sexually explicit activity during duty hours.
• One employee in FEMA’s IT Services Division, who held a top secret clearance, used Facebook Messenger on the agency’s unclassified network to exchange explicit messages with a person believed to be in the Philippines, according to internal monitoring records reported by outlets.
• A separate Environmental Protection Specialist in Alabama repeatedly accessed a pornography site on FEMA’s network, engaged in explicit chats, and uploaded a pornographic image from a file labeled "work memes" to a user account identified as "tooMessyForMe," the records indicate.
• The DHS Insider Threat Operations Center led the investigation, and DHS publicly stated the conduct occurred on encrypted government devices by personnel with access to highly sensitive systems.
• DHS noted it recently dismissed other workers for consuming "deviant pornography," including bestiality and racially charged content, signaling broader accountability actions following the probe.