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 breaches resulted in a number of lawsuits that were eventually combined into a single class action complaint before Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The judge has scheduled a Dec. 3 hearing to consider the settlement for final approval, according to a Friday order.

One of the incidents resulted in the illegal downloading of about 109 million customer accounts at the U.S. wireless company.

AT&T has agreed to pay $177 million to settle lawsuits over two major data breaches that exposed customer data. Millions of current and former users may be eligible for payouts. Customers can get between $2,

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(Reuters) -A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Friday to a $177 million settlement that resolves data security lawsuits against AT&T over breaches that exposed personal information belonging to tens of millions of the telecom giant’s customers.

Personal information including names, phone numbers, and addresses have resurfaced—and the data’s now linked to corresponding social security numbers.