AT&T faces class-action lawsuit in massive data breach affecting 'nearly all' customers

The lawsuit comes after AT&T announced earlier this month the data of "nearly all" customers was downloaded to a third-party platform in a security breach. The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas by a 15-year AT&T cellular customer, alleges AT&T “has not been transparent about the nature and extent of data security lapses impacting its customers,” failed to adequately protect customers’ data from third parties, and earned “unjust enrichment” from customers after failing to protect their information. “As a direct and proximate...