Data breach
AT&T data breach
In 2021, AT&T suffered a data breach affecting 58,663,407 records. Exposed data included names, surname, ssns and 4 other types of data.
Breach date
58.7 million
Records in the breach
7
Types of data exposed
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Data exposed in the AT&T breach
- Names
- Surname
- SSNs
- Date of Birth
- Email Addresses
- Addresses
- Account Numbers
About the breach
A federal judge granted final approval to AT&T’s $177 million class-action settlement resolving two major customer data breaches that occurred in 2024.
Overview of the 2024 Breaches
• March 2024 Dark Web Breach: Exposed personal data (including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, passcodes, names, emails, addresses, and account numbers) belonging to roughly 73 million current and former account holders, with data dating back to 2019 or earlier.
• July 2024 Snowflake Cloud Breach: Impacted about 109 to 110 million wireless customers, exposing call and text metadata, call durations, and cell tower location data from May through October 2022.
Settlement Payouts & Details
• Standard Tiered Cash Payments: Approved claimants whose Social Security numbers or other personal data were exposed can generally expect tier-based payouts ranging from $6.50 to $40.
• Documented Financial Losses: Claimants who can provide documented proof of financial losses directly tied to the breaches may qualify for reimbursement of up to $5,000.
• Timeline: Final judicial approval was granted in October 2026, and distributions are expected to begin rolling out in the weeks/months following final clearance.
Overview of the 2024 Breaches
• March 2024 Dark Web Breach: Exposed personal data (including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, passcodes, names, emails, addresses, and account numbers) belonging to roughly 73 million current and former account holders, with data dating back to 2019 or earlier.
• July 2024 Snowflake Cloud Breach: Impacted about 109 to 110 million wireless customers, exposing call and text metadata, call durations, and cell tower location data from May through October 2022.
Settlement Payouts & Details
• Standard Tiered Cash Payments: Approved claimants whose Social Security numbers or other personal data were exposed can generally expect tier-based payouts ranging from $6.50 to $40.
• Documented Financial Losses: Claimants who can provide documented proof of financial losses directly tied to the breaches may qualify for reimbursement of up to $5,000.
• Timeline: Final judicial approval was granted in October 2026, and distributions are expected to begin rolling out in the weeks/months following final clearance.
How to protect yourself
In order to start protecting yourself from possible fraud in future, we highly recommend the following steps:
1. Monitor your credit reports for possible suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, we recommend you sign up with online services that does this on your behalf.
2. Be on the lookout for an increase in spam or fraudulent emails.
3. Monitor your banking transactions. Ensure that you are receiving notifications of transactions by either SMS, your app or email.
1. Monitor your credit reports for possible suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, we recommend you sign up with online services that does this on your behalf.
2. Be on the lookout for an increase in spam or fraudulent emails.
3. Monitor your banking transactions. Ensure that you are receiving notifications of transactions by either SMS, your app or email.
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