Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage
- The Social Security Administration dealt with website portal outages.
- The SSA is undergoing a major overhaul to reduce alleged fraud.
- These outages affected the 'my Social Security' portal, impacting benefit access.
- The notice mistakenly said they were 'not receiving benefits'.
- SSA investigates the outages while modifying identity verification and application processes.
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Social Security Administration Investigating Website Outage
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it is investigating the origin of an outage of a website portal that recipients use to access their benefits. Tracking website DownDetector indicated on Wednesday morning that some users had reported “possible problems” over the past 24 hours with the “My Social Security” page. “There have been a couple of recent incidents impacting [the] My Social Security [portal] and we are actively inves…
Somewhat Reassuring: "Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage"
Also letters sent “by mistake”. It’s not just you. I have seen some diaries and comments here at DKos about dysfunction when they try to sign onto the Social Security portal. The SSA knows and says they are trying to fix. According to the AP as of...

Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage
The Social Security Administration says it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits.
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