Has Social Security Been Hacked?

It is to the benefit of the Social Security Insurance system that routine deposits of benefit checks be deposited electronically to the bank accounts of the recipients (rather than mailing out checks that at best cost money for postage, and at best can be stolen from mailbaxes).  That said, given the high rate of accounts being “hacked “, it is necessary for those accounts (into which SSI checks are to be deposited) to be changed … new account numbers, etc.  Under the circumstances, Social Security System has been remiss in its remedies for such occurrences.   When you try to contact SSI to alert them as to the new routing and checking account number, SSI seems , at the same time, obstructive, befuddled, and incompetent to deal with the problem.  Attempting to contact SSI by telephone results in lengthy waits on hold . often 45 minutes at best.  The banks. in to which these funds are being deposited, do the best that they can to put the money into the correct place.  It may be the best solution for those banks to inform the SSI of the change.  On the other hand, SSI may be paranoid about allowing banks to handle these alterations in routing.  It is difficult to know why SSI is so obstructive in dealing with this increasingly common problem.  There may never be a resolution in containing the actions of banks.  For banks in genera, it may be a matter of “BIG Brother Is Watching You.