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Standing at the Central New York Regional Information Center in Syracuse, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately launch an investigation into the cyber-attacks that have plagued the Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC), which provides technology services to the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison (OCM) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and its 23 component school districts. Schumer explained that CNYRIC has fallen victim to nine cyber-attacks in recent months, impeding both students’ and teachers’ ability to access educational materials and forcing officials to devote significant resources to addressing the attacks. While no data has been jeopardized to this point, Schumer added that repeated attacks could put valuable student information at risk. Therefore, Schumer is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with local officials to immediately investigate these attacks, uncover gaps in security and help develop a plan to prevent future attacks.