AT&T faces lawsuits over data breach affecting 73 million customers

AT&T confirmed that sensitive personal data for approximately 73 million current and former customers was exposed and posted to hacking forums—initially linked to Shiny Hunters and later leaked in full by an actor named 'MajorNelson'. The exposed records reportedly include names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, email addresses, and account passcodes; AT&T initially disputed the origin but later acknowledged the data corresponds to 7.6 million current and ~65.4 million former customers. Multiple class-action lawsuits have been filed alleging negligence, failure to timely notify affected individuals, and seeking damages, injunctive relief, credit monitoring, and improvements to AT&T's data security.