About

Iwona B. Horyn is the then-acting Chief Security Officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who went viral for her unique name in November 2025 after several internet users noted that "Iwona B. Horyn" sounds like "I wanna be whoring." Memes about Iwona B. Horyn began making the rounds after the news site Antipolygraph published an article about a new DHS directive that urged administrators to include questions about employees leaking information to the media in their polygraphs. Several internet users then took note of then-acting Chief Security Officer, Iwona B. Horyn, whose photo showed a blonde woman smiling at the camera while wearing a dark, white-lined blazer. The bureaucrat's LinkedIn account indicates that she has over two decades of experience working in federal offices in Washington, D.C.

Origin

On October 5th, 2025, news website Antipolygraph^[1] published an article about how DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was creating a department-wide polygraph screening program that would include questions about whether employees were leaking information to the media or any non-profits. The article included a photo of Iwona B. Horyn, who was identified as a career DHS security official who was the acting Chief Security Officer at the time, according to the DHS website.

Iwona B. Horyn's name also appears on the "Leadership" page of the official Department of Homeland Security^[2] website as "(acting) Chief Security Officer."

Iwona B. Horyn's LinkedIn^[3] page reflects her nearly two-decade-long career as a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.

The earliest known repost of the photo is a November 25th, 2025, post by X^[4] user @KLobstar that read, "listen, I don’t usually straight make fun of how someone looks but girl you are straight out of Garry's Mod," gathering over 3,000 likes in a day.

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On November 25th, 2025, Bluesky^[5] user @andylevy.net posted, "I’m not sure how but this is real," alongside a link to the Antipolygraph article. The post gathered over 4,000 likes in a day.

Also on November 25th, X^[6] user @feraljokes tweeted a photo of Chief Security Officer Iwona B. Horyn, writing, "There is a real human at DHS named," and gathering over 3,000 likes in a day.

On November 26th, 2025, X^[7] user @kenklippenstein tweeted, "Did not believe this so I looked it up," in response to a tweet about then-acting DHS Chief of Security "Iwona B. Horyn," gathering over 10,000 likes in a day.

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