AT&T's $177 Million Settlement Will Pay Victims of Two Huge Data Breaches. Learn Who Qualifies

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Of the 1,350,835,988 notices sent to subjects of data breaches in 2024, almost a tenth of those came from a hack of AT&T servers in April, according to to the Identity Theft Resource Center's 2024 Annual Data Breach Report. The telecom giant now plans to settle a  lawsuit for that breach and another in 2019 for a whopping $177 million. 

On Friday, June 20, US District Judge Ada Brown granted preliminary approval to the terms of a proposed settlement from AT&T that would resolve two lawsuits related to the data breaches. The current settlement would see AT&T pay $177 million to customers adversely affected by at least one of the two data breaches. 

The settlement will prioritize larger payments to customers who suffered damages that are "fairly traceable" to the data leaks. It will also provide bigger payments to those impacted by the larger of the two leaks, which began in 2019. While the company is working toward a settlement, it has continued to deny that it was "responsible for these criminal acts."

 

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AT&T Customers Are Eligible for Up to $5,000 in a New Settlement. Here's What to Know.

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Current and former AT&T customers could be eligible for a sizable payout. Those who can claim "fairly traceable" losses may receive up...

 

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USA TODAY reports that notifications will begin Aug. 4 and will be completed Oct. 17, while the deadline for claims is Nov. 18 (though a final approval hearing is set for Dec. 3).

 

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[Alex]

Watch very few get anything from this because it'll be so tough to actually get anything out of them.

[schuck6566]

On 22/07/2025 at 12:16, Alex said:

Watch very few get anything from this because it'll be so tough to actually get anything out of them.

Follow the bouncing ball through the hoops... Maybe get a prize.