The 2024 hack of the AT & T server was one of the five biggest data violations of the year.
This is a difficult time for AT&T – especially with recent Conference call trouble For Donald Trump – but his struggle may be your advantage for the disposal of $ 177 million, it agrees to pay customers who were victims of data violations in 2019 and 2024.
On Friday, June 20, American District Judge Ada Brown Preliminary approval allowed for terms of agreement proposed by AT&T This will solve two cases related to data violations. The AT&T payment at current settlement is $ 177 million which will adversely affect customers from one of the two data violations.
Settlement would prioritize large payments to customers who have suffered losses that are “quite traced” for data leaks. It will also provide large payments to two leaks affected people, which started in 2019. While the company is working towards a disposal, it continued to deny that it was “responsible for these criminal acts”.
For all the details we have about disposal right now, keep reading, and for more information about other recent settlements, find out how to claim Apple’s Siri Privacy Settlement and see if you are eligible for the privacy violation of 23andme.
What happened to these AT and T data violations?
AT & T confirmed two data violations last year, confirming this in May and first probe in March before the second in July announced the investigation.
The first of the confirmed violations began in 2019. The company revealed that about 7.6 million current and 65.4 million former account holders had apprised their data to hackers, including names, social security numbers and dates of birth. The company started investigating last year’s situation when it was reported that the customer data appeared on the dark web.
The second violation began in April 2024, when a hacker broke into the AT and T cloud storage provider Snowflake and accessed 2022 calls and text records for almost all American customers of the company, about 109 million in all. The company insisted that no name was associated with the stolen data. Two persons were arrested in connection with the violation.
Both these incidents provoked a wave of class action cases, accusing AT&T of corporate neglect on behalf of their customers.
Who is eligible to file a claim for AT&T data brech settlement?
As of now, we know that disposal will pay to any current or former AT&T customer, whose data was accessed in one of these data violations, with the high payment reserved for those who can provide documents proof that they suffered a result of the theft of their data directly.
If you are eligible, you should receive a notice about it, either by email or a physical letter in mail, some time in the coming months. The company hopes that the claim process will start from August 4, 2025.
What will be AT & T data breech payment?
You have to prove “appropriate” disadvantages due to these data violations that will be eligible for the highest and most priority payment. For a violation of 2019, those contenders can receive up to $ 5,000. For Snowflake Brech in 2024, the maximum payment will be $ 2,500. At this time it is not clear how the company is handling customers who have been affected by both violations.
AT&T will focus on making those payments first, and whatever the total of $ 177 million is left for disposal, they will be distributed to anyone whose data was accessed, even without evidence of loss. Because these payments depend on how many people first get high amounts, we cannot definitely say how much they will be.
When can I be paid from AT & T data breech settlement?
AT&T hopes that the payment will start going out for some time in the beginning of 2026. Accurate dates are not available, but recently a notification schedule is listed on October 17, 2025 in the court order to approve the court order.
The time frame for submission of claim is currently scheduled on November 18, 2025. Last approval of settlement should be given on December 3, 2025, court hearing to start payment.
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