The $177 million covers both a 2024 hack and a 2019 data breach, both of which the company denies any wrongdoing for.
WASHINGTON — Millions of current and former AT&T customers may soon be eligible for a share of a $177 million settlement tied to two major data breaches.
In 2019, cybercriminals accessed Social Security numbers, birth dates and account details of over 51 million customers of the communications company. AT&T confirmed the breach in March 2024, prompting lawsuits that accused the company of failing to protect user information.
The next month, in April 2024, a hacker illegally downloaded call and text records of nearly
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