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Settlement benchmark

Data Breach & Security settlements

Across 290 valued data breach & security settlements, the median recovery is $1.0M. Half fall between $5K and $4.0M.

$1.0M
median settlement
290
settlements
$5K
25th percentile
$4.0M
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
Equifax2026-08-23$380.5M
Alphabet Inc. (Google+)2026-07-18$350.0M
T-Mobile2026-07-18$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.