Last week, an American judge approved a settlement of $ 177 million to resolve cases filed against AT&T from 2019 and 2024, Reuters reported.
This means that current and former AT&T users may be able to pay large -scale payment. People who can claim “a considerable extent” can receive up to $ 5,000.
In July 2024, AT&T revealed that the call and text log of its cellular users “almost all” was exposed this spring and put it on the “Dark Web”.
“In April, AT&T learned that customer data was illegally downloaded from our workpace on a third -party cloud platform,” the company Said in a statement At that time, “we started the investigation and engaged renowned CyberSocracy experts to understand the nature and scope of criminal activity.”
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AT&T told Reuters In a statement that he denies the allegations that it is “responsible for these criminal acts”, but the company has agreed to a settlement “to avoid prolonged lodging costs and uncertainty.” “
Payments should be issued early next year.
There are there Two funds for paymentDocuments per court: 9 149 million for violation of 2024 and $ 28 million for violation of 2019. Consumers can claim up to $ 2500 or $ 5,000 in terms of violation date.
USA today Reports Notifications will start The deadline for the claims will be completed on August 4 and October 17, while the deadline for the claims is on November 18 (though the last hearing of the approval on December 3 has been fixed).
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Last week, an American judge approved a settlement of $ 177 million to resolve cases filed against AT&T from 2019 and 2024, Reuters reported.
This means that current and former AT&T users may be able to pay large -scale payment. People who can claim “a considerable extent” can receive up to $ 5,000.
In July 2024, AT&T revealed that the call and text log of its cellular users “almost all” was exposed this spring and put it on the “Dark Web”.
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