AT&T customers may get up to $7,500 in $177m data breach settlement: Eligibility and how to claim your amount
According to the publication, a federal judge in Texas has approved two settlement funds totalling $149 million and $28 million, covering separate incidents that exposed sensitive customer data.
The first breach, discovered in March 2024, involved the personal information of 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former account holders being posted on the so-called dark web. The company has since confirmed that the compromise actually occurred in 2019. Data affected included names, contact details, dates of birth, account numbers, passcodes and, in some cases, social security numbers, added the report.
Reportedly, the second incident came to light in July 2024, when AT&T confirmed that a 2022 breach involving third-party platform Snowflake had exposed phone numbers, call records and, in rare cases, cell site identification data.
AT&T denies liability for both breaches, stating that it agreed to the settlement to avoid lengthy and costly legal proceedings.
(This is a developing story, check for more updates)
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