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AT&T customers may be eligible for payouts of up to $7,500 as part of a $177 million settlement tied to data breaches
Seventy-three million customers had their data, which included social security numbers, stolen in a March 2024 breach, and in the second breach in July 2024, “nearly all” of AT&T cellular customers had their phone numbers leaked
The deadline to submit a claim is Nov. 18
AT&T customers may be eligible for payouts of up to $7,500 as part of a multimillion-dollar settlement tied to data breaches in 2024.
The company said it proposed a $177 million settlement to resolve multiple lawsuits — $149 million for the first class-action lawsuit involving a data breach in March 2024 and $28 million for another breach in July 2024.
In March 2024, AT&T said it was inves