I've never taken part in any class action law suit, but this is a big one and I was using AT&T serve during this time. I've since switched to Verizon.

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AT&T Customers Have 10 Days Left to Claim $7,500 From Settlement: 4 Things to Know

The deadline to submit a claim is Dec. 18, 2025.

Customers who may have been affected by a pair of AT&T data breaches have until the middle of December to collect up to $7,500 as part of a class-action settlement.

Millions of AT&T customers’ personal information was exposed in two data breaches that were not disclosed until 2024, leading to a combined settlement in court worth $177 million. Although AT&T agreed to settle in the case, the company denied wrongdoing at the time.

The court established a deadline to submit a settlement claim of Dec. 18, meaning that customers have roughly 10 days to try to collect, according to the settlement website established for affected customers. A judge will still have to approve the claims early next year.
What Can People Do to Collect?

The only way for eligible customers to receive a portion of the settlement is to submit a claim form, which can be done through the settlement website, administered by Kroll Settlement Administration.

The form must be submitted online or sent through the mail and postmarked on or before Dec. 18.

Previous deadlines to opt out of the class-action settlement have already expired. Customers who take no action will not “receive any settlement class member benefits from this class action settlement,” according to Kroll.

“If the settlement becomes final, you will give up your rights to sue defendants (or any released parties) separately for claims relating to the actions or to continue to pursue any such claims you have already filed,” it stated.
How Much Could Customers Receive?

The settlement’s cash funds total $177 million to pay those affected by both of these breaches, which divvies up to $149 million for the first “settlement class” and another $28 million for the second, per a preliminary approval order filed in June.

According to the settlement site, consumers affected by the first breach may be eligible for up to $5,000. Those affected by the second breach may be eligible for up to $2,500. It is also possible to be an “overlap settlement class member,” which would mean that you may be eligible for payments from both of these funds.

After payments are made for direct losses, the remaining funds will be distributed to customers whose personal information was accessed.

A customer has to show documented losses to receive the full amount. People without documented losses will be paid a pro-rated amount based on the total number of settlement claims, as well as costs related to attorneys’ fees, the website states.

To find out more information, customers can visit the website. If customers are unsure and have questions, they are advised to call 1-833-890-4930 for more information.
What Happened?

The deal resolves claims over data breaches that AT&T announced in March and July last year. Depending on which breach is involved, AT&T has agreed to pay up to $2,500 or $5,000 to customers who suffered losses that are “fairly traceable” to the incidents.
In March 2024, AT&T said it was investigating a data set released on the dark web and said its preliminary analysis showed that it affected about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The company said the data set appeared to be from 2019 or earlier.

In July 2024, the company said a breach resulted in the illegal downloading of about 109 million customer records at the U.S. wireless company.

AT&T disclosed that its call logs were copied from its workspace on a Snowflake cloud platform covering about six months of customer call and text data from 2022 from nearly all its customers. AT&T said at the time that the data did not contain the content of calls or texts or personal information such as Social Security numbers.

The second breach involved call and text records of nearly all AT&T customers from May through October of 2022, as well as a small subset from Jan. 2, 2023, the company said in July 2024.

In the second breach, AT&T said it learned that data were “illegally downloaded“ from its workspace ”on a third-party cloud platform” in April 2024 and began notifying its customers in July that year.

The settlement website’s questions and answers section states that people who are claiming a portion of the funds will have to either note whether they were victims of the breach described in the March 2024 announcement or the breach described in the July 2024 announcement.
What Has AT&T Said?

The company has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the data breaches and said the settlement was reached to end any prolonged litigation.
“We have agreed to this settlement to avoid the expense and uncertainty of protracted litigation,” the telecommunications giant told media outlets last month.

It stated that the firm is still “committed to protecting ... customers’ data and ensuring their continued trust in [AT&T].”

The Epoch Times reached out to AT&T for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.

Do you have a documented loss from either the first or the second data breech?

I think I'm somewhat eligible but not sure what is a traceable incident with documented damages. And what the payout is otherwise.

These financial penalties are a joke for deep pockets. They need to be putting execs in jail.

I expect that my "share" will be around $2 - $3, before lawyer's fees, so end up maybe a nickel.

Class-action lawsuits appear to just be job security for law firms.

Documented losses are needed (from how I read it) for any real money and when I tried to look at the form, the site was so busy that it kept giving an error code that indicates a traffic overload.
I tried it several times over a couple of weeks, on different computers too.

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"A customer has to show documented losses to receive the full amount. People without documented losses will be paid a pro-rated amount based on the total number of settlement claims, as well as costs related to attorneys’ fees, the website states."

Yes, exactly. If one doesn't have a documented loss, the payment could be minimal. I do not have a documented loss. Who knows if someone has my info?

As I said, I've never taken any class action suit seriously, but this one is making me think twice.

I submitted a claim, I am waiting to see what I get.

I submitted a claim, no idea how much it would be. Expecting a couple bucks at the most.

I am a long-standing AT&T customer. I am not familiar with this situation. What kinds of losses did people sustain, and how does one know if he sustained any loss?

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I am a long-standing AT&T customer. I am not familiar with this situation. What kinds of losses did people sustain, and how does one know if he sustained any loss?

You should have received something in the mail or e-mail if you were affected. I did not get anything but I was affected. Start by going here:

https://www.telecomdatasettlement.com/

I wouldn’t get excited over any windfall, even enough for a box of 9mm ammo.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:

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Originally posted by amals:
I am a long-standing AT&T customer. I am not familiar with this situation. What kinds of losses did people sustain, and how does one know if he sustained any loss?

You should have received something in the mail or e-mail if you were affected. I did not get anything but I was affected. Start by going here:

https://www.telecomdatasettlement.com/

Thanks.

I submitted a generic claim because I couldn't document anything. They said I would be getting $60 back. Nothing's arrived. That was weeks ago.

I submitted a claim. Waiting for the windfall now.

I was wondering about that….hubby only has AT&T on a cell plan for his iPad. I haven’t had one for a few years now. Kind of doubt he would be getting anything? He hadn’t filled out anything yet, I haven’t read the instructions yet, cards just showed up.

Interesting

I had ATT for years for TV and dropped them earlier this year. I never heard anything about this, but I have been getting a goofy amount of spam emails for a while now, like way more than I have ever gotten... like ever...

No idea if its related, but I submitted anyway. I don't really forsee anything "big" coming from it tho.

I received information emails in August. Submitted claims for both settlement classes, opted for the tiered payment.
The settlement website says the Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on January 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. CT.

A side note, I have been filling out the claim forms on all the class actions that have been sent to me, call me bored. To date this year I have received 497.95 in payments. The smallest, I presented a .03 CENT check to the bank as a joke from one refund and they paid me!

I sometimes also play the lottery

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Customers who may have been affected by a pair of AT&T data breaches have until the middle of December to collect up to $7,500 as part of a class-action settlement.

Which will wind up being $7.50, if they're lucky.

Filed with the online form. Waiting for the check that will pay off the mortgage.