Justice, Delivered at Broadband Speed
“This is justice delivered in a prompt fashion,” said W. Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm PC, lead counsel for the AT&T 1 class. “The court and parties worked hard to forge a solution that will resolve most claims.”
AT&T, while denying responsibility, defended the settlement as a strategic decision to avoid years of expensive, uncertain litigation.
“We remain committed to protecting our customers’ data and ensuring their continued trust in us,” AT&T said .
How the Breaches Unfolded
In March 2024, AT&T revealed that more than 70 million customers’ personal details were leaked online. Just four months later, in July, the telecom giant disclosed that hackers accessed call and text logs for nearly all wireless customers—though not the contents of the communications.
The lawsuits claimed that AT&T failed to implement industry-standard safeguards and ignored federal regulatory guidance, leaving its infrastructure vulnerable to what plaintiffs described as a preventable cyberattack.
Complicating the picture, the litigation also drew in Snowflake Inc., a cloud platform alleged to have housed the breached data, sparking multidistrict litigation in both Texas and Montana.
