Citing the ongoing threat of ransomware attacks, a group of nine associations of state and local government officials sent a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders asking them to include a new cybersecurity grant program in either an infrastructure spending package or government appropriations bill.
The letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., asks Congress to “authorize and fully fund” a dedicated grant program, which the groups behind it argue is necessary as financial losses from cyberattacks continue to mount.
