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U.S. personnel director Archuleta quits after data breach

The U.S. governments 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.

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Bloomberg, Chris Strohm, Bloomberg | Updated on July 10, 2015
In this June 25, 2015 file photo, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(Bloomberg) — 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.

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