(CNN) — Millions of AT&T customers can file claims worth up to $7,500 in cash payments as part of a $177 million settlement related to data breaches in 2024.

The telecommunications company had faced a pair of data breaches, announced in March and July 2024, that were met with lawsuits.

Here’s a breakdown.

What happened?

On March 30, 2024, AT&T announced it was investigating a data leak that had occurred roughly two weeks prior. The breach had affected data until 2019, including Social Security numbers, and the information of 73 million former and current customers was found in a dataset on the dark web.

Four months later, the company blamed an “illegal download” on a third-party cloud platform that it learned about in April for a separate breach. This leak included telephone numb

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