However, the natives were without their welfare fix for a few hours and they were threatening to get restless.
Imagine no EBT for a couple of days. Or a week? Or two weeks? The cities would literally implode. Think about that.
And how hard would it be to cut off EBT to selected areas?
Data centers might be the new asymmetrical war targets.
Curious how one glitch took out so many States
I was just wondering how many roads one would have to block and for how long to starve a major city.
I walked into a mostly deserted grocery store this afternoon. I was greeted by an employee that informed me that my EBT would not be accepted.
I shrugged my shoulders because I don’t use EBT.
Almost immediately, my “Spidey Senses” kicked in.
Martial law would be declared and the national guard would be handing out MREs. The plan is in place.
Obama and the people who control him have the means to shut down the system. They’re just waiting for the right time.
I know. Scary, isn’t it?
Exactly what I was thinking when I first saw these articles.
Data centers... or network hubs. My hunch is that this wasn’t a glitch, since as a programmer, I don’t know who’d be working on EBT software on a Saturday night that early and what would be the reason? Could have been some e-critters in the mix, but who knows.
Fact it, this incident has exposed a weakness that no doubt someone(s) will now be looking to exploit down the road by critters foreign or domestic.