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{"BD06171C-5056-A066-60D0-92DCA4A5ED7F":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"BD06171C-5056-A066-60D0-92DCA4A5ED7F","title":"Schumer Pushes to Pass Legislation to Address Ransomware Attacks","summary":"Rockville Center, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"September 23, 2019","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/schumer-pushes-to-pass-legislation-to-address-ransomware-attacks","city":"Rockville Center","county":"Nassau","lat":40.667228,"lng":-73.62178740000002,"description":"<p class=\"wordsection1\">On September 23. 2019 in the wake of local New York school districts—<i>now including Long Island</i>—being targeted by destructive ransomware cyber-schemes, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer is pushing a multifaceted plan to prevent ransomware hackers from taking schools—and the personal information of New York students—hostage. Schumer said that in recent months, school districts across the state, from Long Island, to the Hudson Valley and more, have been victimized by hackers using ransomware, which is an insidious type of malware that encrypts, or locks, a computer’s operating system, and all of its valuable digital files, until a ransom is paid. To address the scourge of ransomware attacks, and the possible targeting of Long Island, Schumer is pushing to pass the bipartisan DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act, which is led by Senators Margaret Hassan (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH). The legislation would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to assist in protecting state and local entities from cyber threats and help restore the functionality of private or public infrastructure following an attack. Second, Schumer urged the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to ensure its field offices have resources necessary to investigate and identify the perpetrators of the attacks on Long Island and across New York, and then brief Congress on how to better understand what is going on and how to stop it.</p>"}}

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