(Update: Payment) Class Action Lawsuit: 76M T-Mobile Customers Can Get $25 ($100 in California)

Update 6/13/25: Checks and payments are coming in for around $57.

Original Post 10/21/22:

Contents

1 T-Mobile Class Settlement
2 Who Is Eligible?
3 How Much?
4 Important Dates
5 Our Verdict

T-Mobile Class Settlement

On August 16, 2021, T-Mobile announced that it had been the victim of a criminal cyberattack on its systems. The attacker compromised the personal information of approximately 76 million U.S. consumers. The specific information accessed for each person included some combination of names, addresses, zip codes, phone numbers, dates of birth, social security number/tax identification number, and/or other government identification number including driver’s license number, account establish date, name of authorized user, phone number, IMSI, MSISDN, PIN, and personal unlock code.

Numerous lawsuits were brought on behalf of consumers whose personal information was compromised as a result of the T-Mobile Data Breach. Judge Brian C. Wimes of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri is overseeing these lawsuits. These lawsuits are known as In re: T-Mobile Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3019, Case No. 4:21-md-03019-BCW. T-Mobile denies any wrongdoing.

Who Is Eligible?

You are a Settlement Class Member if you are among the approximately 76 million U.S. residents identified by T-Mobile whose information was compromised in the T-Mobile Data Breach. Identified Class Members were notified of the proposed Settlement, so if you received a notice, you are a likely member of the Settlement Class.

How Much?

You can make direct claims for out-of-pocket losses or lost time.
Alternative Cash Payment: As an alternative to making a claim for reimbursement for Out-of-Pocket Losses and Lost Time, you may submit a claim for an Alternative Cash Payment of $25, or $100 if you resided in California on August 1, 2021. The amount of the Alternative Cash Payment may change depending on the number of total claims for cash payments.

Important Dates

Final Hearing: 01/20/2023
Claim Form Deadline 01/23/2023

Our Verdict

Sounds like anyone who was a T-Mobile prepaid or postpaid customer during August 2021 or prior is eligible for this. In any case, you should have gotten notice if you are one of the 76 million people who are eligible. Should be an easy $25/$100, but of course there’s the possibility those numbers get reduced if there are too many claims.