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AT&T agrees to $177M settlement over data breaches: What to know

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(NEXSTAR) — If you were impacted by a pair of massive data breaches that targeted AT&T customers, you could be in line to receive part of a settlement totalling $177 million that recently received preliminary approval in court.

Two lawsuits were brought against AT&T, both regarding data breaches. According to court documents, a federal judge in Texas has given preliminary approval for two settlement funds for the breaches: one totaling $149 million, the other $28 million.

In March of last year, AT&T confirmed that a dataset found on the “dark web” contained information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. That breach began in 2019, CNET reported. Then in July, the company said the data of nearly all customers was downloaded to a third-party platform in a 2022 security breach.

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