Is the AT&T data breach settlement still open?

No. The claim deadline for the AT&T data breach settlement was December 18, 2025, and it has passed. New claims can no longer be submitted.

How much was the AT&T data breach settlement?

AT&T agreed to a total settlement of $177,000,000, split into a $149 million fund for the AT&T 1 Data Incident and a $28 million fund for the AT&T 2 Data Incident.

How much could class members receive?

Class members could claim up to $5,000 for documented losses tied to the AT&T 1 Data Incident, or up to $2,500 for documented losses tied to the AT&T 2 Data Incident. Those without documented losses could receive a pro rata cash payment, with a higher tier for people whose Social Security number was exposed.

Who qualified for the AT&T data breach settlement?

People whose information was included in the AT&T 1 Data Incident (announced March 30, 2024) or AT&T account owners and users whose data was involved in the AT&T 2 Data Incident (announced July 12, 2024) qualified.

When will AT&T settlement payments be sent?

As of June 17, 2026, payments have not started and there is no confirmed payment date. The final approval hearing was held January 15, 2026, but the court has not yet issued a final approval order. Payments cannot begin until the court grants final approval, the appeal period expires or any appeals are resolved, and the administrator finishes validating the roughly 4.38 million claims filed. If approved with no appeals, reporting suggests payments could begin in summer 2026.

AT&T Data Breach Settlement 2026: Payout Date & Status

By Steve Levine

$177 Million AT&T Data Breach Class Action Settlement

Updated: June 17, 2026

Status Claims Closed · Final Approval Pending Final approval hearing held January 15, 2026; no ruling yet as of June 17, 2026

Claim Deadline December 18, 2025 (Passed) Roughly 4.38 million claims were submitted

Estimated Payout Up to $5,000 documented losses · or a pro rata cash share of the $177M fund

Proof Required Yes Notice ID plus name or AT&T account number required to file

What Was the AT&T Data Breach Class Action Settlement?

More than 100 million consumers were affected by one or both of two major AT&T data breach incidents disclosed in 2024. AT&T agreed to a $177 million class action settlement resolving allegations that it failed to adequately protect customer data exposed in those breaches.

According to CNET, the AT&T data breach settlement covered up to 182 million people across the two incidents. The first data breach affected about 73 million current and former customers, while the second impacted around 109 million. Some individuals were part of both, so the total number of unique claimants was lower. AT&T denied all wrongdoing and liability.

What Was the Total Settlement Amount?

The settlement fund was used to pay qualifying class members, cover settlement administration costs, and pay any attorney fees, legal costs, or service awards approved by the court — for a total of $177,000,000, broken into two separate funds:

• AT&T 1 Settlement Fund: $149 million in cash to resolve all claims related to the AT&T 1 Data Incident.
• AT&T 2 Settlement Fund: $28 million in cash to resolve all claims related to the AT&T 2 Data Incident.

Who Qualified for a Payout?

You were eligible if your data was included in the AT&T 1 Data Incident (announced March 30, 2024), or if you were an AT&T account owner or user whose data was involved in the AT&T 2 Data Incident (announced July 12, 2024).

You were part of:

• AT&T Settlement Class 1 if your personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, SSN) was included in the AT&T 1 Data Incident.
• AT&T Settlement Class 2 if you were an AT&T Account Owner or Line/End User whose telephone-related data was involved in the AT&T 2 Data Incident.

Overlap Settlement Class Members were those involved in both breaches.

How Much Could Class Members Get?

• AT&T Data Breach 1: Up to $5,000 for documented losses, or a pro rata share of the $149 million fund (Tier 1 paid 5x Tier 2 if a Social Security number was exposed; Tier 2 applied if no SSN was exposed).

• AT&T Data Breach 2: Up to $2,500 for documented losses, or a pro rata share of the $28 million fund (Tier 3). Final amounts depended on the number of valid claims and deductions for fees and costs.

What Was the Difference Between the Two AT&T Data Breaches?

Data Breach 1: Announced March 30, 2024, this breach involved AT&T-specific fields contained in a data set released on the dark web. The exposed personally identifiable information may have included names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, account passcodes, billing account numbers, and Social Security numbers.

Data Breach 2: Announced July 12, 2024, this breach involved limited data illegally downloaded from an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform hosted by Snowflake. The exposed data included telephone numbers of current and former AT&T customers, telephone numbers interacted with, counts of those interactions, aggregate call durations, and — for a small subset of individuals — one or more cell site identification numbers associated with the interactions.

Was Proof Required to File a Claim?

Yes. Claimants had to provide their Notice ID along with their full name or AT&T account number. For documented loss payments, claimants also had to provide reasonable documentation (e.g., receipts or other non-self-prepared evidence) showing losses traceable to the data incidents.

Notices began going out to impacted customers on August 4, 2025 and were wrapped up by October 17, 2025, according to court documents.

Current Status & When Payments Will Be Sent

Payments have not started, and there is no confirmed payment date as of June 17, 2026. The court held the final approval hearing on January 15, 2026, but the judge in the Northern District of Texas has not yet issued a final approval order. Until that ruling comes down, the settlement is not finalized and no payments can be authorized.

According to the official settlement administrator, Kroll is continuing to review and process the submitted claims while the court considers whether to approve the settlement. Roughly 4.38 million claims were filed against notices sent to about 99.7 million potential class members. Payments cannot begin until three things happen: (1) the court grants final approval, (2) the appeal period expires or any appeals are resolved, and (3) the administrator finishes validating claims.

If final approval is granted and no appeals are filed, reporting suggests payments could begin in summer 2026; an appeal would push that timeline considerably later. Any earlier estimate of "early 2026" is now outdated. The official settlement website is the most reliable place to track the court's decision and the payment schedule, and our AT&T settlement payment update tracks the latest status.

Important: There has been no official announcement that class settlement payments have started. If you have seen reports of people receiving AT&T-related payments, those may relate to separate individual arbitration claims or another AT&T matter — not this Kroll-administered $177 million class settlement.

What a Payout Might Look Like

Final per-person amounts will not be known until the court approves the settlement and the administrator finishes validating claims, so treat any figure as an estimate. As a rough illustration, $177 million spread across roughly 4.38 million claims is about $40 per claim before attorneys' fees, administration costs, documented-loss payments, service awards, and the differences between the claim tiers are accounted for. Actual payments will vary: documented-loss claims and Tier 1 claims (where a Social Security number was exposed, paid at 5x the Tier 2 amount) receive more, while rejected or duplicate claims receive nothing, and the AT&T 1 ($149M) and AT&T 2 ($28M) funds are calculated separately. A typical no-loss pro rata payment is likely to be measured in tens of dollars rather than hundreds.

Sources

• Official Settlement Website: TelecomDataSettlement.com
• Official Settlement FAQ: TelecomDataSettlement.com/faq
• Official Press Release: PR Newswire — AT&T Data Incident Settlement Notice
• News Reporting: CNET

Filing Class Action Settlement Claims

Please note that claim forms submitted with fraudulent information are rejected, and false claims may carry penalties under the penalty of perjury. Filing a false claim also harms others who actually qualify. If you were unsure whether you qualified for this settlement, you could review the official notice on the settlement administrator's website. OpenClassActions.com is a consumer advocacy and class action news site, and is not a class action administrator or a law firm. OpenClassActions is a participant in the Amazon affiliate advertising program, and this post may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission or fees if you make a purchase via those links.

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Settlement Amount $177,000,000

Case Title AT&T Data Incident Settlement

Claim Deadline December 18, 2025 (Passed)

Official Website Telecom Data Settlement.com