(File Photo of Senator John Fetterman)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced their bipartisan, bicameral Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act on Thursday which is meant to boost security of electronic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cards during a sharp rise in theft by both hackers and scammers. According to a release from Fetterman’s office, tens of millions of dollars in SNAP benefits have been stolen by criminals that are exploiting lax cybersecurity of electronic SNAP benefit cards.