AT&T customers could be eligible to receive thousands of dollars from the telecommunications company as part of a $177 million class action settlement .

The settlement stems from a lawsuit that alleges AT&T failed to protect customers' vulnerable data, leading to two separate data breach incidents last year.

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 r

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