April 3, 2024 at 12:33PM
AT&T faces multiple class-action lawsuits over a massive data breach exposing 73 million customers’ sensitive data. Allegations include failure to protect personal information, delayed acknowledgment of the breach, and exacerbating the situation over two-and-a-half years. The lawsuits seek damages, improved security, audits, and credit monitoring services. Other plaintiffs’ lawsuits may be consolidated.
Key Takeaways from Meeting Notes:
1. AT&T is facing multiple class-action lawsuits following a significant data breach that exposed the sensitive information of 73 million current and former customers.
2. Morgan & Morgan is representing plaintiff Patricia Dean in one of the lawsuits and alleges that AT&T failed to adequately protect customers’ personal data.
3. The exposed data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and email addresses.
4. The breach, first claimed by a threat actor named Shiny Hunters in 2021, was disputed by AT&T at the time, but their subsequent investigation led to an admission that the exposed data belonged to 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders.
5. AT&T also stated that passcodes for 7.6 million customers were exposed in the leak, creating a heightened risk of scams and phishing attacks for nearly three years.
6. The lawsuit accuses AT&T of negligence, breach of implied contract, and unjust enrichment and seeks compensatory damages, restitution, injunctive relief, improvements to data security protocols, future audits, and credit monitoring services.
7. Morgan & Morgan has alleged that AT&T knew about the vulnerability that led to the breach but failed to act and exacerbated the problem by delaying acknowledgment of the breach until March 30.
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