ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is encouraging EBT card users to lock their cards as a potential ...

Federal and state authorities are investigating a cyberattack that shut down Georgia's SNAP call center for over a week.

A cyberattack that shut down Georgia's SNAP call center is believed to have also impacted six other states, including one in ...

A cyberattack has left Georgia SNAP recipients locked out of their accounts, still unable to access food assistance.

Cuts to SNAP benefits may lead to a surge in demand at food banks that serve America's most food insecure communities.

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The Georgia Department of Human Services confirmed that in the last year alone, approximately 8,300 families depending on SNAP have submitted reimbursement claims due to card skimming or cloning.

More than $3 million in SNAP benefits Georgians rely on to buy food has been stolen in the last year, state officials confirmed to 11Alive.

Together, these changes represent the most drastic changes to SNAP since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act of 1964. More than 1.4 million people in Georgia are SNAP recipients.

Georgia rolled out a security lock feature for SNAP cards in December in an effort to curb benefit theft. Six months later, only 6% of households are using it.