AT&T $177M Settlement Claims Due by Dec. 18, 2025

Millions of AT&T customers affected by two major data breaches have until December 18, 2025, to file claims for compensation from a $177 million settlement, with eligible individuals potentially receiving up to $7,500 depending on documented losses.

The settlement addresses a 2019 breach and a 2024 incident, both of which exposed sensitive customer information. The earlier breach impacted 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former ones, compromising details such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, billing account numbers, and passwords. That data surfaced on the dark web and was publicly disclosed by AT&T in March 2024. The 2024 breach, which occurred in April and was revealed in July, involved hackers accessing nearly 110 million customers' call and text records from 2022 through a vulnerability in AT&T's Snowflake cloud storage system.

AT&T agreed to the settlement in March 2025 to resolve multiple class-action lawsuits filed across the United States, without admitting liability. The company allocated $149 million to claims from the 2019 breach and $28 million for the 2024 incident. "We have agreed to this settlement to avoid the expense and...