India, April 9 -- In a distressing turn of events, millions of Americans who rely on Social Security benefits, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), were thrown into a state of panic after receiving erroneous messages stating that their payments had been stopped, as reported by The U.S Sun.

This widespread error, caused by a technical malfunction in the Social Security Administration's (SSA) computer systems, sent beneficiaries scrambling for answers, fearing their essential monthly checks would no longer arrive, as reported by PennLive.

The confusion began earlier this month when thousands of Social Security recipients, including elderly individuals and people with disabilities, received alarming notifications that their paymen...