A lawsuit says New York failed to protect its most vulnerable citizens from widespread electronic theft of the food benefits.

A Walpole mom was devastated: When she went to pay for her groceries using her state SNAP EBT card, she found her account empty and had no way to pay for food. “In an instant everything was ...

And SNAP benefits are easy to steal. “EBT cards only have the black magnetic stripe on the back of them, and they don't have the chip that you find on your credit card and your debit card ...

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"With only two other states transitioning to chip-enabled EBT cards, this bill would make Pennsylvania one of the few states ...

Had I been by myself, I’d have hit the floor,” Chaunsea DiMaggio of Houston told KPRC 2 when she realized her SNAP benefits were stolen. If her Lone Star card had that chip, her benefits would ...

CBS News Philadelphia talked with Utani Bruce, a single mom of three who relies on SNAP ... chip cards. According to a spokesperson with the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Gov. Phil ...

“Modernizing EBT, including the introduction of chip cards for SNAP EBT, is an important step to ensure that SNAP benefits are protected.” Currently, Oregon Trail Cards used for SNAP benefits ...

As of September, the Department of Transitional Assistance had issued about $9 million in federally funded replacement benefits to about 20,100 Bay State households who were victims of SNAP theft.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition ... debit industry safety standards for card payments. California and Oklahoma are the first states to begin distributing chip-enabled EBT cards to food stamp ...

Many families rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the ... Close inspection of an EBT card shows there is no smart chip technology. Butler argues EBT recipients should have the same security ...