T-Mobile settles to pay $350M to customers whose personal information was stolen

NEW YORK — T- Cell has agreed to pay $350 million to prospects affected by a category motion lawsuit filed after the corporate disclosed final August that private information like social safety numbers had been stolen in a cyberattack.

In a Securities and Alternate Fee submitting on Friday, the cell phone firm stated the funds would pay for claims by class members, the authorized charges of plaintiffs’ counsel and the prices of administering the settlement. It additionally stated it might spend $150 million subsequent 12 months and in 2023 to fortify its information safety and different applied sciences.

T-Cell stated the settlement incorporates no admission of legal responsibility, wrongdoing or accountability by any of the defendants.

The corporate stated that it expects court docket approval of the phrases of the settlement as early as December 2022.

Almost 80 million U.S. residents have been affected by the breach. Along with Social Safety numbers, different info breached included names and knowledge from driver’s licenses or different identification.

T-Cell, based mostly in Bellevue, Washington, turned one of many nation’s largest cellphone service carriers, together with AT&T and Verizon, after buying rival Dash in 2020. It reported having a complete of 102.1 million U.S. prospects after the merger.

T-Cell stated it expects to report a complete pre-tax cost of roughly $400 million within the second quarter of this 12 months.