T-Mobile to create $350M fund to settle 2021 data breach claims
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-07-25T15:32:00
T-Mobile agreed to create a $350 million fund and spend an additional $150 million on improving its data security to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 hack that exposed the personal information of more than 76 million customers.
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