Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., is among the senators to call for a review of how government can better support K-12 education in shoring up cybersecurity. New Hampshire is among the states to have districts targeted by ransomware attacks. (Photo by Toni Sandys-Pool/Getty Images)
Three Democratic senators requested a federal auditing group look into how the national government assists local school districts in fighting the scourge of ransomware.
In a letter dated December 16, Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz, and Jackie Rosen, D-Nev., requested the Government Accountability Office look into "efforts by Education, DHS, and other relevant federal agencies to assist school districts in securing themselves from cyber threats and the effectiveness of these efforts."