AT&T class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiffs Debbie Hale and Nick Margeas filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T Inc.
- Why: Although they are not AT&T customers, the plaintiffs claim their information was compromised in the AT&T data breach announced in July because they utilized the companyโs networks.
- Where: The AT&T class action lawsuit was filed in Texas federal court.
A new AT&T class action lawsuit alleges the telecom companyโs massive data breach affected non-AT&T subscribers, leaving them vulnerable to the actions of malevolent actors.
Plaintiffs Debbie Hale and Nick Margeas say they were customers of other telecom companies when hackers accessed the call and text records of AT&T customers and customers of other wireless providers that utilized AT&Tโs network in 2022 and 2023. AT&T announced details about the breach in July.
Hale says she was a Verizon customer and Margeas says he was a T-Mobile customer at the time of the AT&T data breach.ย
โPlaintiffs now face the possibility that malevolent actors will blackmail them with the information disclosed in this data breach and therefore have sustained emotional distress,โ the AT&T class action lawsuit alleges.
They explain Verizon, T-Mobile and other companies are โmobile virtual network operatorsโ that utilized AT&Tโs networks at the time the hackers accessed its call and text records. The hackers allegedly stole logs containing records of every phone number that putative class members called or texted, the number of times they interacted and the call duration.
AT&T data breach announcement ignored non-AT&T customers, plaintiffs say
When AT&T announced the data breach on July 12, it failed to disclose that customers of other wireless carriers may have also had their sensitive data stolen, the AT&T data breach class action claims.
The AT&T class action asserts the company had a duty to protect customer data yet failed to take adequate steps to do so despite a history of previous data breaches. The plaintiffs point out that the July data breach is the second one AT&T has announced just this year; in March, the company revealed a breach had exposed the personal information of about 73 million customers.
As a result of the AT&T data breach, affected consumers are at risk of identity theft, fraud and blackmail and must spend time taking steps to mitigate any potential damage, the plaintiffs say.
Hale and Margeas filed the AT&T class action lawsuit on behalf of customers of certain non-AT&T wireless carriers who used AT&Tโs network from May 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022, or in January 2023 and whose personally identifiable information was accessed in the AT&T data breach announced July 12.
AT&T is already facing several data breach class action lawsuits from customers who say the company failed to adequately protect their data.
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Hale and Margeas are represented by Scott Summy of Baron & Budd PC, Elizabeth A. Fegan and Megan Shannon of Fegan Scott LLC and J. Barton Goplerud of Shindler Anderson Goplerud & Weese PC.
The AT&T data breach class action lawsuit is Debbie Hale, et al. v. AT&T Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-01943, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.
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184 thoughts onAT&T class action claims data breach affected others using network
I want to be added to the AT&T data breach class action lawsuit. I had services through AT&T.
Add me I received a letter saying both my phone was affected
I received a letter informing me My 3 phone numbers were a part of the breach.
Yes!! Please include me in the class act against AtT My4 lines were also hacked They only offered $5.00 what the hell is $5.00 when all your personal information is out there
I received letters from AT&T and Cricket that my personal information was exposed in a data breach. Please help with more information about what to do. Thank you
Many phone carries now use ATT towers. I had ATT from 20009-2016 then switched to Crickett. Crickett is a company of ATT. IN JULY I received a letter from ATT. All 4 phone lines were breached. The date of breach are the same as the Crickett breach just recently announced. I switched bc ATT was $260 months & Crickett was $90 for the same exact service. Thatโs greedy and sneaky and should be illegal ! Count me in on both att and Crickett.
Got a letter from cricket saying 4 of my 8 lines were affected.
I checked on my ATT account the day this news broke, mine and my husbands phone numbers were compromised, our daughters was not. I then received a letter from ATT. We are not happy, its always something with him. They never take accountability!
I received letters from both ATT and Cricket saying my information had been exposed in the breach.
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I received a letter from AT&T stating that my account information has been hacked. Also, I received a letter from cricket that my information has been hacked.
I want to be added to the AT&T data breach class action lawsuit. I had services through AT&T.
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