Social Security is floundering under the weight of a “record-breaking” backlog of payments, which may have cost the government over a billion dollars.
According to the Office of the Inspector General, the Social Security Administration is struggling to process payments to beneficiaries, with 5.2 million pending actions. Past data indicates over 70% of these cases have been pending for at least 300 days, with many extending beyond 500 days.
Although the exact causes are unclear, this unprecedented backlog has also led to the government issuing incorrect payments amounting to $1.1 billion. In either case, Americans who depend on Social Security are affected: they either face prolonged delays in receiving their benefits or, if overpayments are mistakenly made, they might be required to repay those funds at any time.
Complicating the matter, a new class-action lawsuit alleges that hackers may have stolen every American’s Social Security number, listing them for sale on the dark web. The federal lawsuit states that the shadowy criminal group “USDoD” has offered “the personal data of nearly 3 billion people living in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada” for $3.5 million. Although experts counter that many profiles are probably duplicates, the breach still represents a major threat to millions of Americans.
“[E]veryone with a Social Security number was impacted,” guessed Cliff Steinhauer, director of information security and engagement at The National Cybersecurity Alliance. “It's a reminder of the importance of protecting yourself, because clearly companies and the government aren't doing it for us,” he added.
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Social Security suffers MASSIVE failure and hack
Published in Blog on August 15, 2024 by Jakob Fay
