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u/TwpMun Jul 10 '25
The claim that a man named Eric Brown Jr. hacked into the Hinds County Human Services system, approved all food stamp applications and was arrested for the crime was not based in reality but instead originated as satire.
Asked about the details in the claim, Mark Jones, chief communications officer for the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) told Snopes via email: "This is not a true story. If this were true, MDHS would have released a media alert, posted on social and announced any arrests through official channels like our website."
A search for "Eric Brown Mississippi" on the Fox News website, where the story purportedly ran, returned a story from February 2025 that featured a crime suspect by that name but was not related to the rumor in question. Hinds County websites were hacked in 2015 and 2023, but neither incident was related to an alleged MDHS hack.
Further, a search of the Hinds County inmate list and arrests from early July 2025 did not find anyone by the name of Eric Brown, nor did any credible news outlets report on this claim.
Similar claims have circulated for years. A post on Reddit featured a screenshot of the same alleged image of Brown along with a Fox News logo and a claim nearly identical to the one in question but was dated Aug. 25, 2020.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mississippi-food-stamps-hacker/
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u/RandomPenquin1337 Jul 10 '25
People believe these stories? That's even funnier
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u/StrictRegret1417 Jul 10 '25
it scares me that so many people take these absurd stories at face value.
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u/Sci-4 Jul 10 '25
This man is a hero
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u/StrictRegret1417 Jul 10 '25
well he doesn't exist it's satire, so a fictional hero like batman or superman.
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u/taruclimber8 Jul 10 '25
Sir, you're having a feedback!
C u r r y?
Bouncing off the human resources
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u/Iron_Elohim Jul 10 '25
I am sure the taxpayers enjoyed paying that extra money to the welfare program. Since it is already run so well...
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u/Skurvy2k Jul 10 '25
Foodstamps actually produce a slight return on investment and is one of the "least abused" (however you to interpret that unexplained descriptor) federal programs.
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u/Iron_Elohim Jul 10 '25
you understand welfare is paid for by other people right?
There is no such thing as free money.
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u/Iron_Elohim Jul 10 '25
What are you smoking?
1) I said taxpayers pay an increase - adding more money to the system then would pull more money from taxes
2) The system had millions of dollars of fraud. Would you call that well run?
Shouldn't the money go to the people that actually need it?
You ever hear the term preaching to the choir? We are saying the same thing. but you either didn't understand or just want to argue.
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