Are you eligible for the AT&T settlement? How to claim up to $7,500
AT&T customers may be eligible to receive as much as $7,500 from the telecommunications giant as part of a $177 million class action settlement.
The settlement is a result of a lawsuit that alleges the company failed to protect customers' vulnerable data, leading to two separate data breach incidents in 2024.
In the first incident, which occurred on March 30, 2024, AT&T announced that customer information, including addresses, Social Security numbers and passcodes, was released on the dark web, according to the settlement website.
On July 12, 2024, AT&T announced a second incident in which customers' call and text records had been illegally downloaded.
AT&T does not dispute that the data breaches happened, but has denied any mishandling of data or wrongdoing, according to a news release from Kroll Settlement Administration. In a statement to USA TODAY, AT&T said it is "committed to protecting our customers' data and ensuring their continued trust in us."
Who is eligible to file a claim in the AT&T data breach settlement?
There are two settlement classes, or groups of eligible customers, who can file a claim.
The first class of eligible claimants includes AT&T customers who were impacted in the March 30, 2024 data breach. The second class includes those who were included in the incident announced on July 12, 2024. Some customers may be included in both classes of eligible members.
According to the lawsuit and a 2024 statement from AT&T, the breaches are believed to have affected more than seven million people who had AT&T accounts in 2024 and more than 65 million people who had AT&T accounts between 2019 and 2024.
Customers who are not sure if they are included in the settlement can call 833-890-4930 with questions.
