AT&T Faces Class Action Over March Breach That Hit 73 Million

AT&T Inc. was sued for allegedly exposing approximately 73 million current and former users to privacy-related injuries as result of a recent data breach.

AT&T recklessly “maintained, used, and shared” customers’ personally identifiable information and “intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently” failed to take measures to secure its system despite knowing it was in a condition that made consumers’ sensitive data vulnerable, according to the purported class action filed March 30 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

AT&T said in a statement that data from about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account ...