At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, failed, according to multiple current and former U.S. cybersecurity officials, Politico reported on Sunday.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subsequently initiated a probe into whether the staff provided “false information” about the need for the test, which was scheduled after Gottumukkala sought access to highly sensitive cyber intelligence shared with CISA by another U.S. intelligence agency.
The Politico report is based on interviews with eight current and four former U.S. cybersecurity officials, including multiple Trump administration appointees, who either worked closely with Gottumukkala or had direct knowledge of the polygraph examination and the events that followed. All were granted anonymity for fear of retaliation.
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