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AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024.
Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both.
File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail.
If you're a current or former AT&T customer, the deadline to file a claim to be part of the $177 million class-action settlement over two major data breaches is just days away.
The breaches -- one tied to data dating back to 2019 and a second disclosed in 2024 involving customer call and text records from 2022 -- exposed Social Security numbers, call and text records, names, addresses, dates of birth, and more.
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AT&T has two settlement funds: a $149 million pool for customers whose personal details were leaked in the first breach (announced March 2024) and a $28 million pool for those whose call and text logs were exposed in the Snowflake hack (disclosed in 2024).
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