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- **Posted:** 2025-06-24T16:41:13.000+00:00
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If you’re a current or former AT&T subscriber, you might soon be eligible for a payout from a $177 million settlement over two recent data breaches at the carrier.

On Friday, a US district judge in Texas gave preliminary approval to the settlement, with the goal of kicking off the process to distribute the funds before a final approval hearing on Dec. 3. 

According to court documents, the settlement fund consists of $149 million to address a major data leak in 2019, which allowed cybercriminals to exploit the data for years from both former and existing subscribers. Last March, AT&T finally confirmed the breach, sparking a wave of class-action lawsuits alleging the company had failed to safeguard the data of 51 million users, including their names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. 

The rest of the $28 million is meant to address a second incident involving a hacker breaching AT&T’s account with cloud storage provider Snowflake in April 2024. This enabled the cybercriminal to access call and text records for nearly all customers. Another round of class-action lawsuits followed, alleging corporate neglect. However, AT&T said no customer names were included in the stolen information. Law enforcement also arrested the two alleged hackers involved in the breach. 

If you’re eligible for a payout, the settlement’s administrator will contact you via email or physical letter this summer. A court document says the settlement program will officially kick off on Aug. 4. 

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