Cash App and AT&T Settlement Payments 2026

Cash App is expected to start paying its $15 million data breach settlement in October 2026, and AT&T's $177 million settlement won final court approval on October 2, 2026. Both claim deadlines have passed, so only people who filed a valid claim on time can be paid.[1][5]

If you filed a claim, check the official settlement site for your case, make sure your contact details are current, and ignore any message that asks you to pay a fee or enter a Social Security number to collect money. Fake settlement e-mails and texts spread fast when real payments are announced. Below are the confirmed amounts, the dates, how to check your claim status, and six steps to take now.[4][8]

Settlement payments timeline

The dates above come from the two official settlement websites. They show that the Cash App case is further along than the AT&T case. Cash App has been final since March 2025 and is now in the payout stage, while AT&T only cleared the last court hurdle this month.[1][5]

When Cash App settlement payments arrive

The official Cash App Security Settlement site says the review of claim form deficiency responses and appeals has been completed. It adds that the distribution of settlement payments will be issued to approved claims in October 2026. The page was last updated on September 28, 2026.[1]

Quartz and USA Today both report that payments are expected to begin going out this month to people who filed before the deadline.[2][3] Neither the site nor the press gives an exact day, and the reports we read do not say whether payments will come by check, by direct deposit or to the Cash App balance. That detail is not known yet.

The case is Salinas et al. v. Block, Inc. and Cash App Investing, LLC, Case No. 22-cv-04823, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Block and Cash App Investing deny wrongdoing and did not admit to breaking any law.[1][2]

Who qualifies for the Cash App settlement

The lawsuit covers three things: a data security incident that Cash App Investing disclosed in April 2022, a second incident that Block disclosed in October 2023, and alleged unauthorized or fraudulent withdrawals and transfers from Cash App accounts.[1] The April 2022 incident exposed personal information of 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers, according to USA Today.[2]

USA Today reports that Cash App users who had unauthorized or fraudulent withdrawals or transfers between August 23, 2018 and August 20, 2024 were eligible to file.[3] The claim deadline was November 18, 2024, and the site states plainly that late claim forms are no longer accepted.[1]

Yahoo Finance makes the same point in its own words: claims can no longer be filed for either of the two Cash App settlements it covers. Anyone who offers to file a late claim for you, or to sell you a payment, is most likely running a scam.[4]

How much Cash App is paying

Eligible claimants could claim up to $2,500 for out-of-pocket losses, including money lost in transactions. They could also claim for lost time, capped at three hours and valued at $25 an hour, which is $75 at most.[2][4]

The $2,500 figure is a ceiling, not a promise. What each approved claimant actually receives is not stated on the official site or in the reports we read, and the number of approved claims against the $15 million fund has not been published. Treat any message that names an exact payout for you with suspicion unless it comes from the administrator.

A separate Cash App payment that confuses people

Yahoo Finance flags a second Cash App payout that is easy to mix up with this one. It involves a $175 million consent order in which the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Cash App of failing to protect users from fraud. That payment needed no claim form, and Block identified the eligible customers itself.[4]

According to the same report, people who qualified received an e-mail with the subject line Your Compensation Payment from Cash App is on the Way, and amounts varied by customer.[4] The two programs are unrelated. Do not assume that one e-mail or deposit tells you anything about the other.

AT&T settlement: who qualifies and how much

The AT&T case is In re AT&T Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL Docket No. 3:24-md-03114-E, in the Northern District of Texas. It combines two incidents. AT&T announced the first on March 30, 2024, when a data set was released on the dark web. It announced the second on July 12, 2024, after data was illegally downloaded from an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform run by Snowflake.[5]

CT Insider reports that the first leak involved information from 73 million current and former AT&T account holders, including Social Security numbers.[6] The official site lists the data elements as some combination of names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, dates of birth, account passcodes, billing account numbers and Social Security numbers.[5]

The headline figures of $5,000 and $2,500 apply only to people who submitted documents showing losses that are fairly traceable to the incidents. The tiered payments are the alternative, and they are a pro rata share of what is left after administration costs, attorneys' fees, costs and service awards.[5]

CT Insider cites court documents that put the estimated tiered payments at roughly $6.50 to $40, and notes that plaintiffs' attorneys expected payouts to be much lower than earlier projections. It also reports claim counts of 1,654,046 for Tier 1, 687,859 for Tier 2 and 1,582,248 for Tier 3.[6] People who qualify under both incidents may claim both, but the proof for each documented loss must be unique.[5]

When AT&T settlement payments will arrive

The court granted final approval on October 2, 2026, and the official site says so at the top of its home page.[5] Bright Defense, a security firm that tracks the case, reports that Senior District Judge Sidney Fitzwater granted the approval after the case was reassigned to him on August 17, 2026, and that no payment date has been announced.[7]

CT Insider reports the official rule: payments will be distributed after the time for all appeals has expired and all claim forms have been reviewed.[6] That means the money will not arrive this week. An appeal by an objector could delay it further, and the reports we read do not say whether any appeal has been filed.

One warning about the AT&T site. Its home page still shows a Submit Claim button, but the claim deadline was December 18, 2025.[5] Do not rely on that button, and do not pay anyone who promises to file late.

How to check your claim status

There is no single national lookup for class action payments. Each case runs its own website, and the administrator handles questions. These are the official routes we could confirm.

• Cash App. Go to cashappsecuritysettlement.com and read the notice at the top of the page. The site says to check it for updates. You can also call the settlement administrator at 1-866-615-9740.[1]
• AT&T. Go to telecomdatasettlement.com. The site offers a Resend Class Member ID form if you lost your ID, and a Contact Us form. You can also call (833) 890-4930 or write to AT&T Data Incident Settlement, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 5324, New York, NY 10150-5324.[5]
• Any other case. The FTC says a real payment or claim form includes an explanation and details of the case, and that FTC refund cases are listed at ftc.gov/refunds with a phone number for questions.[8]

Type each web address into your browser yourself. Do not search for the settlement and click the first ad, because paid ads can lead to look-alike pages. Our own tool can help: paste an address into the website safety checker before you enter any detail on it.

Fake settlement e-mails and texts to expect

This section is our analysis, based on how scammers have used earlier refunds and on the FTC guidance we cite. Public attention on a payout date is exactly when fake messages appear, because people are watching their inbox and expect a notice.

• A text or e-mail that says your Cash App or AT&T settlement payment is ready and asks you to click a link to claim it.
• A message that asks for your Social Security number, bank login, Cash App PIN or card number to release the money. The FTC says it never asks for sensitive information such as a Social Security number or bank account details to send a refund.[8]
• A demand for an upfront fee, tax or processing charge. The FTC says it never requires upfront fees.[8]
• An offer to file a late claim for a fee. Both claim periods are closed.[1][4][5]
• A call from someone who claims to be from the FTC, a court or the administrator and pressures you to act today.[8]
• A message that arrives from a free web mail address or a payment app account you do not know.

The FTC also warns that scammers send e-mails pretending to be from the agency or a company you know. Its advice is to avoid clicking links in such e-mails and to go to the official website by typing the address yourself.[8] A Cash App scam we have already documented, a fake pending transfer message, shows the same pattern; read how the Cash App transfer pending scam works.

If you clicked something or sent money, read our guide on how to report phishing and contact your bank or card issuer right away.

Why breach settlements still matter after the check

A settlement payment is small compared with the lasting risk from the stolen data itself. A Social Security number, a date of birth and a phone number do not expire. For the AT&T class, the Social Security number tier is the one that pays more, which tells you the court treated that exposure as the most serious.[5][6]

Our analysis: a payment of a few dollars to a few tens of dollars does not undo the exposure. If your information was in either incident, the free protections matter more than the check. A credit freeze blocks most new-account fraud, and you can find a running list of confirmed incidents on our data breaches hub. For another recent case with the same long-term risk, see the Pentagon DMDC breach guide.

Six steps to take now

1. Confirm that you filed a claim. Search your e-mail for the confirmation from the settlement administrator, and look for a mailed notice. Only people with a valid, on-time claim can be paid. If you never filed, no one can add you now.[1][5]

2. Type the official address yourself. Use cashappsecuritysettlement.com for Cash App and telecomdatasettlement.com for AT&T. Do not use links from texts, e-mails or ads, even if the message looks right.[1][5][8]

3. Check your claim status on the official site. For AT&T, use the Resend Class Member ID or Contact Us form, or call (833) 890-4930. For Cash App, read the notice on the home page and call 1-866-615-9740 if you have a question about your claim.[1][5]

4. Keep your contact details current. If you moved or changed your e-mail address since you filed, use the administrator's contact route to update it. Do not send address changes to anyone who texted you first. This step is our advice; neither site we read describes an address change process in detail.

5. Never pay to be paid. No fee, tax, processing charge or Social Security number is needed to collect a class action payment. The FTC says it never requires upfront fees and never asks for sensitive information to send a refund.[8] If a message asks for either, it is a scam.

6. Report fakes and protect your identity. Report scam calls and messages to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.[8] If your Social Security number was in the AT&T data, freeze your credit at the three bureaus. Use our website safety checker on any link you doubt.

What is still unknown

• The exact day Cash App payments start, and whether they come by check, direct deposit or to the app balance.[1][2]
• How much each approved Cash App claimant will receive, and how many claims were approved.
• When AT&T payments will go out, and whether anyone has appealed the October 2 approval.[5][6][7]
• The final amounts for AT&T Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 claims. CT Insider's figures are estimates from court documents.[6]
• Whether scammers are already targeting these two settlements. We found no confirmed reports in the sources we read.

We will update this article when either administrator posts new information. It was last checked on October 12, 2026.

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• Cash App transfer is pending your confirmation scam
• Data breaches hub: confirmed incidents and what to do
• How to report phishing e-mails and texts
• Pentagon DMDC data breach: who is affected and what to do