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2022-08-30 Cyber

SNAP EBT Cards Offline ~~Day Two~~ - Let The Games Commence

Chaos in Cincinnati? I didn’t notice anything at my local grocery store yesterday evening...

[MSN] On Sunday, the day when many families head to stores to stock up on groceries for the week, was met with issues in the checkout line.

The Electronic Benefits Transfer system was down. EBT is a system for issuing welfare payments electronically by means of a payment card that recipients use to make purchases.

The issue causing many people headaches is statewide and in multiple other states, but at Findlay Market, vendors say there was no warning about the outage and they had to turn away customers that didn't have cash.

One vendor says that half of his business comes from people who use EBT and today, he had to be the bearer of bad news that the system was down.

"Terrible, this is probably my record worst Sunday I've had in the three years I've owned the place," Roth Product owner Dario Guintini said. "Since the EBT was down, folks realized they can't get their meals for Sunday dinner or dinners throughout the week."

He says a lot of his customers rely on him to carry EBT.

"Didn't get an email or call which you think someone would," Guintini said. "I even called my merchant supplier and they didn't even know it was down."

Many people have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the outage.

One woman said she had to buy food for her seven kids and she was turned away at Walmart because EBT is down.

Officials say that Ohio's EBT vendor, Conduit INC, had an outage Sunday and EBT service was restored midafternoon.

Whew! All’s well that ends well. And a reminder to always have some cash on hand, just in case.

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2022-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 No problem in Maryland. One lady driving an escalade who happened to weight approximately 300 pounds in one week purchased two cart loads of food. Do you want your receipt?. No. Balance on her receipt was $52,000. She was also seen selling carts of grocery's to a person for cash.Police say low priority intervention. Well known to them for this activity.

Posted by Dale 2022-08-30 03:37|| 2022-08-30 03:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Shopped Sunday during the outage. Pleasant experience for once. No crowds.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-08-30 06:23|| 2022-08-30 06:23|| Front Page Top

#3 For obvious reasons, this will exceed the recommended width = 300:

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-30 06:29|| 2022-08-30 06:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Huell has really let himself go after Breaking Bad ended.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-08-30 06:58|| 2022-08-30 06:58|| Front Page Top

#5 they can all get free rides to the hospital room board cable medical and 3 meals a day ! move along!

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2022-08-30 07:36|| 2022-08-30 07:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Let The Games Commence
They have commenced Baby Lonbee
10 More Debts Biden Is Canceling

Posted by Thuper Joling9190 2022-08-30 08:01|| 2022-08-30 08:01|| Front Page Top

#7

Saw this happen in WNC some years ago.
Families coming down out of the hills into Murphy, NC Wally World for their monthly food purchases. They were waiting with kids and grocery carts, hoping the system would come back up.

Some guy & his wife whipped out a credit card and purchased the several families' food. The hard up family heads demand his name and address as they planned to repay them.

I noted, NOT one basket had fancy items like soft drinks or junk food.

The Murphy Newspaper even carried the story again around Christmas.

I guess its a different culture vs. Metro ran slums.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-08-30 08:02|| 2022-08-30 08:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Here is a plastic fork. Fight to the death using nothing but that and the winner gets lunch.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-08-30 09:29|| 2022-08-30 09:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps a Trial Run: This Fall Will See Riots, Food Shortages, Massive Inflation, Social Unrest, Higher Gold Prices And Collapsing Stock Markets

Posted by Fat Bob Hupock2676 2022-08-30 09:59|| 2022-08-30 09:59|| Front Page Top

#10 ...FWIW, I was in a US Army commissary when the system went down. They announced that they could only take credit or cash - debit and EBT were down until further notice.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-08-30 10:14|| 2022-08-30 10:14|| Front Page Top

#11 ...grand isn't it. You may be asked to die for your country but you need EBT to feed your family.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-30 11:39|| 2022-08-30 11:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Heads up moment, this is what a non-cash, no currency world will look like. At any moment, whether on purpose as a control technique or as the act of an enemy state, instantly you are unable to pay for anything, utterly helpless. We must resist the looming trend for cashless social structures.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-08-30 13:10|| 2022-08-30 13:10|| Front Page Top

#13 We've had practices. Those along the Hurricane coasts know what happens when the power goes out, for days, or weeks.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-30 13:40|| 2022-08-30 13:40|| Front Page Top

#14 It was down here.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-08-30 20:00|| 2022-08-30 20:00|| Front Page Top

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