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Settlement benchmark

Data Breach & Security settlements

Across 144 valued data breach & security settlements, the median recovery is $818K. Half fall between $4K and $5.9M.

$818K
median settlement
144
settlements
$4K
25th percentile
$5.9M
75th percentile
$1.30B
largest

Largest in this theory

The five biggest settlements we have a value for.

DefendantDateAmount
Equifax Data Breach Settlement$1.30B
Equifax2026-07-18$575.0M
Equifax2026-08-06$380.5M
T-Mobile2026-07-18$350.0M
Alphabet Inc. (Google+)2026-07-18$350.0M

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Medians and quartiles are computed over settlements with a reported gross fund. Figures describe past resolutions and are not a valuation of any particular case.