AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by CityOfThrowaway on Friday July 12, 2024 @10:17AM (#40945797)

110M people impacted = class action

The lawyers work on contingency

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Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by unixhero on Friday July 12, 2024 @10:36AM (#40945986)

Imagine the GDPR fine

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Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by BrandoElFollito on Sunday July 14, 2024 @12:38PM (#40961860)

Up to 4% of income. This is not the end of the world either.

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Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by pas on Friday July 12, 2024 @12:33PM (#40947100)

showing damages is hard

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Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by mrguyorama on Friday July 12, 2024 @04:24PM (#40949074)

Class action suits regularly end up getting you "$5" worth of credit monitoring from the exact company who lost your data. It's a joke. Class action suits as they exist today in the US are an abject failure of justice.

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Re:AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' c... by fn-mote on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:53PM (#40949784)

If they end up with the company having to pay anything, it is greater than fines imposed by regulatory agencies… who should be doing this job.

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