AT&T customers affected by the 2024 data breaches have until Dec. 18 to file a claim worth up to $7,500. Learn who qualifies, how to submit your claim, and what compensation is available under the AT&T settlement.
Claims Reach Up to $7,500 for Those Affected
AT&T customers impacted by the company’s 2024 data breaches have only a short time left to submit claims for financial compensation. As the article explains, “The deadline is quickly approaching for eligible AT&T customers to submit a claim to receive as much as $7,500 in the company’s $177 million class action settlement.”
The settlement follows allegations that AT&T “failed to protect customers’ personal data from being released onto the dark web,” after two data breaches occurred in 2024.
Details of the Two Data Breaches
The first breach occurred on March 30, 2024, involving “names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, account passcodes, billing account numbers, and Social Security numbers.”
The second breach, reported on July 12, 2024, involved “the illegal downloading of customers’ call and text data.”
AT&T denies wrongdoing, with the Kroll Settlement Administration stating that “AT&T denies the claims alleged in the Lawsuit and denies any wrongdoing.”
Extended Deadline for Filing
The filing deadline was originally set for Nov. 18 but has been extended. As the article states, “The deadline for eligible customers to submit a claim was originally on Tuesday, Nov. 18, but has been extended to Thursday, Dec. 18.”
All claims “must be submitted online or mailed and postmarked by then.”
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Who Is Eligible to File a Claim?
The settlement covers two distinct classes:
- “The first settlement class includes all of the AT&T customers involved in the March 30, 2024, data breach.”
- “The second settlement class includes all of the AT&T customers involved in the data breach incident announced on July 12, 2024.”
Some customers may fall under both classes.
AT&T previously stated that the breaches “are believed to have impacted approximately 7.6 million people who held AT&T accounts in 2024 and about 65.4 million people who held accounts between 2019 and 2024.”
Eligible customers can submit claims at telecomdatasettlement.com or mail them to:
AT&T Data Incident Settlement
c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC
P.O. Box 5324
New York, NY 10150-5324
The hotline, 833-890-4930, allows customers to check eligibility.
How Much Money Can Customers Receive?
For the first settlement class, customers may file for:
- Documented loss cash payment up to $5,000, or
- Tier 1 or Tier 2 cash payments
According to the article, “The Tier 1 cash payment is given to customers whose social security numbers were included in the March 30, 2024, data breach.”
Tier 2 applies to customers whose data was leaked without SSNs. “Tier 1 cash payments are five times the amount of Tier 2 payments.”
For the second settlement class, customers can receive:
- “Up to $2,500 by submitting a documented loss cash payment claim.”
- A Tier 3 option, which provides “a cash payment share of the settlement after administration costs and fees are paid.”
Customers impacted by both breaches “can receive up to $7,500.”
