 AT&T data breach overview:
- Who: Plaintiffs Dina Winger, Richard Olivieri, Lauren Woon and Chris Schulte filed AT&TÂ class action lawsuits.
- Why: They allege AT&T’s failure to safeguard sensitive customer data adequately contributed to nearly 110 million wireless customers’ call and text information being compromised.
- Where: The AT&T class action lawsuits were filed in Texas, Montana and New Jersey federal courts.
Three AT&T class actions allege the telecommunications company failed to adequately protect its wireless customers’ information. That failure allegedly left the company vulnerable to hackers who accessed its systems beginning in May 2022.
Plaintiffs Dina Winger, Richard Olivieri, Lauren Woon and Chris Schulte filed the AT&T class actions in Texas, Montana, and New Jersey federal courts after AT&T disclosed that hackers downloaded phone and text message records from almost all of its 110 million wireless customers.
The AT&T data breach class action lawsuit was confirmed in a July 12 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing and by a post on the telecom company’s website.
A hacker reportedly accessed an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform. That enabled the hacker to obtain call records of customer call and text communications occurring from May 1 and Oct. 31, 2022 and on Jan. 2, 2023.
AT&T class actions say company knew data was vulnerable yet failed to protect it
The plaintiffs allege AT&T knew their data was valuable to cybercriminals. Despite that knowledge, the company failed to implement adequate security measures to protect their personally identifiable information (PII).
“Plaintiff and other data breach victims provided their PII to AT&T with the reasonable expectations and mutual understanding that AT&T would comply with its obligations to keep such information confidential and secure from unauthorized access,” Winger said in her AT&T data breach class action lawsuit.
She says AT&T data breach victims are now at risk of identity theft and exploitation.
In a statement on its website, AT&T says the compromised information does not include the content of call or text communications or PII. The company does not believe the stolen data is publicly available.
Other AT&T class actions were filed over a separate data breach affecting more than 70 million customers.
What do you think about the AT&T data breach? Join the discussion in the comments.
Winger is represented by Patrick Yarborough of Foster Yarborough PLLC, David J. George and Lori Feldman of George Feldman McDonald PLLC and Ori Raphael and Damon Mathias of Mathias Raphael PLLC. Oliveri and Woon are represented by William A. Rossbach of Rossbach Law PC; Thomas E. Loeser and Karin B. Swope of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP; Ryan J. Clarkson, Yana Hart and Tiara Avaness of Clarkson Law Firm PC and Timothy G. Blood and Jennifer L. MacPherson of Blood Hurst & O’Reardon LLP. Schulte is represented by Serina M. Vash and John C. Herman of Herman Jones LLP.
The AT&T class actions are Dina Winger v. AT&T Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-001797, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; Richard Olivieri, et al. v. AT&T Inc., et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-00056, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana and Chris Schulte v. AT&T Inc., et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-07818, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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My AT&T phone was shut off. I called and they told me I must go to the AT&T store and show ID to prove I am who I say I am and had to pay a fee for it. It did not stop there. Anyone of your other providers will now be comprised as well. This affected not only AT&T but my other providers were shared and I did not even receive my bills in the mail. After calling the inspector general’s number for Mail Fraud, I later owed thousands of dollars b/c they stopped delivery of my mail. I had to pay off thousands to get my providers back. I am now being scanned and my bills still do not make sense. Someone is using my providers b/c of the AT&T Breach. Class Action Suit I am In.
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I have been with AT&T for 10+ years and they have been at the center of a few different types of law suits in which they have had to payout a small amount to the customers who were affected and signed on to Class Actions .. Still, something is better than nothing. However, nothing is what me and scores of others will get due to the fact that I (we) have prepaid accounts… Now I feel that is not fair , considering they have all my personal info along with my payment info saved on file. Iam on autopay and they are paid each and every month, upfront i might add, yet not included or treated as a valid customer. How is that far ? That alone should be the basis of a suit.
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I just received an email telling me my information was compromised from the breech and this isn’t the first time. My name and sss# have been found on the black web. Pl3ase add me to the list.
i also received a that my informotin was hacked
I recently received an email from AT&T about my phone line being hacked. Please add me.
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Please add me I received notification of my information being breached and someone attempted to use card I had on file to a bank account
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it sems like every other day getting notices of being hack, phone, medical, internet, banking credit cards maybe these business should hire these hackers. I’ve 4 currently credit protector accounts that was told to open to protect me from these going right now, seems like they companies don’t care about there customers ,add me to the list ,thanks
Add me. Been with them for over 10 years. They’ve cost me money too many times and haven’t been held accountable. It’s time they made it right!
Add me too….I received plenty of notice about my account being hacked. This is ridiculous!!!