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A cyberattack has left Georgia SNAP recipients locked out of their accounts, still unable to access food assistance.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is encouraging EBT card users to lock their cards as a potential ...
A cyberattack that shut down Georgia's SNAP call center is believed to have also impacted six other states, including one in ...
The call center for Georgia’s food stamp program briefly rebooted on Tuesday after a recent cyberattack. State officials say ...
Federal and state authorities are investigating a cyberattack that shut down Georgia's SNAP call center for over a week.
A select group of EBT cards were locked following the attack. But the effort to secure cards, is leaving some families ...
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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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.