Advance Auto Parts data breach settlement
Yes. The Advance Auto Parts data breach settlement is real: a $10 million class action settlement in federal court, District of Montana, run by Kroll Settlement Administration. Payments to people who filed a valid claim have been sent.
Final approval was granted on October 23, 2025; the administrator says payments for approved claims were issued on February 5, 2026 and uncashed checks became void after May 6, 2026.
Is it real?
Yes. The case is In re: Snowflake, Inc. Data Security Breach Litigation (relates to Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and Advance Stores Company, Incorporated), case number 2:24-md-03126-BMM-JTJ, in the US District Court for the District of Montana. The court appointed Kroll Settlement Administration to run it, and its only official site is aapdatasettlement.com.
How the real notice reached people. Kroll sent an Email Notice on June 11, 2025 to 2,278,278 addresses (subject line 'Email Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement'), a follow-up email on June 22, 2025, and first-class postcards to people whose email bounced (610,063 mailed July 22, 2025). Each notice carried a unique 'Class Member ID', which Kroll says was used to curtail fraud and was required to file online. The filed exemplar email leaves the From address blank, so the sender address is not published. The site says it is 'the only authorized website for this case'. Payment emails came from [email protected] (Zelle), [email protected] (PayPal) and [email protected] (Venmo).
To tell a real message from a scam:
- The only official site is aapdatasettlement.com.Type it into your browser yourself rather than tapping a link. Claim pages on news and lawyer-advertising sites, and lookalike addresses, are not the administrator.
- Filing costs nothing.No real settlement charges a fee to file a claim or to release a payment. Anyone asking for one is running a scam.
- Nobody needs your passwords.The administrator never asks for your Advance Auto Parts password, your online banking login or a code texted to you. Payment details go only into the claim form on aapdatasettlement.com.
- Check by phone.If you aren’t sure a message is real, call the administrator on (833) 420-3832, the number on aapdatasettlement.com, not one in the message.
- Claims have closed.The deadline was 8 October 2025. A message now urging you to file a new claim, or to pay or “verify” your bank details to receive money, is a warning sign. Check on aapdatasettlement.com instead.
Who qualifies
All persons in the United States whose Private Information was potentially compromised in the Advance Auto data incident, in practice people who were sent notification from Advance Stores Company, Incorporated (job applicants, current and former employees). Excludes Advance Auto board members, governmental entities, the Court and its staff, and people who opted out.
Size: over 2.3 million people.
It covers people in the United States only. If you live elsewhere, you are not part of it, whatever a message says.
How much
The total settlement is $10,000,000 (non-reversionary). What each person can claim:
| Benefit | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Documented losses | up to $5,000 | per class member, with reasonable documentation of losses related to the data incident |
| CCPA cash payment (California residents) | an estimated $100 | subject to pro rata increase or decrease |
| Credit and identity monitoring | two years of Kroll Essential Monitoring | choose this or the alternative cash payment |
| Alternative cash payment | an estimated $100 | subject to pro rata increase or decrease; instead of monitoring |
An amount marked estimated or pro rata changes with the number of valid claims: more claims, smaller shares. Losses need proof, such as receipts or bank statements.
Deadline and payout
- Claim deadline: (passed).
- Opt-out and objection deadline: .
- Final approval hearing: .
- Final approval granted: .
Payout. Payments for approved claims were issued on February 5, 2026 (paper check for mail claims; the chosen electronic method for online claims). Uncashed checks became void after May 6, 2026.
The administrator: “This is the only authorized website for this case.”
Filing and payment
- Claims closed on October 8, 2025; new claims can no longer be filed.
- Questions about a payment go to the official site, www.aapdatasettlement.com (Contact Us form), or (833) 420-3832.
- Electronic payments came by Zelle, PayPal or Venmo notification email; check spam if you filed online and saw nothing.
Official site: aapdatasettlement.com. Phone: (833) 420-3832. Mail: Advance Auto Data Incident Action, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
The breach, and what to do today
An unauthorized party got into Advance Auto Parts' Snowflake cloud data storage, which held records on job applicants and current and former employees. Advance Auto says it discovered the access on or about May 23, 2024 and began notifying people on July 10, 2024. It was part of the wider 2024 Snowflake customer-account breaches.
What was exposed: names; email addresses; mailing addresses; dates of birth; driver's license numbers; Social Security numbers; demographic details.
HARD’s page on the breach: Advance Auto Parts data breach, with what leaked and what each kind of data lets criminals do.
A settlement pays for what already happened. The data is still out there, so do these now:
- Freeze your credit.In the US it’s free at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and no one can open credit in your name while it’s on. Lift it for a day when you apply for credit yourself.
- Get an IRS Identity Protection PIN.It stops anyone filing a tax return in your name with your Social Security number. Request one at irs.gov/ippin.
- Distrust messages about Advance Auto Parts and this settlement.Breach data is used to make scam messages personal enough to believe, for years afterwards. Go to the company or the official site yourself.
To see which other breaches your email address is in, search it on Have I Been Pwned, then read Breaches.
Questions
Is the Advance Auto Parts data breach settlement legit?
Yes. It is In re: Snowflake, Inc. Data Security Breach Litigation (relates to Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and Advance Stores Company, Incorporated), case 2:24-md-03126-BMM-JTJ, in the US District Court for the District of Montana. Kroll Settlement Administration runs it for the court, and the only official site is aapdatasettlement.com.
Who qualifies for the Advance Auto Parts settlement?
All persons in the United States whose Private Information was potentially compromised in the Advance Auto data incident, in practice people who were sent notification from Advance Stores Company, Incorporated (job applicants, current and former employees). Excludes Advance Auto board members, governmental entities, the Court and its staff, and people who opted out.
How much will I get from the Advance Auto Parts settlement?
Up to up to $5,000 for losses you can prove, or an estimated $100 as a cash payment without receipts. The total settlement is $10,000,000 (non-reversionary). Final amounts depend on how many valid claims there are.
What is the deadline for the Advance Auto Parts settlement?
The claim deadline was 8 October 2025. It has passed.
When will the Advance Auto Parts settlement pay out?
Payments for approved claims were issued on February 5, 2026 (paper check for mail claims; the chosen electronic method for online claims). Uncashed checks became void after May 6, 2026.
Other settlements: California Casualty, Finastra, Telmate, Covenant Health, AMCA, DaVita, and the rest in Settlements.
Sources
Checked on 7 November 2026. HARD is not part of the case and doesn’t take claims.
- Advance Auto data settlement: home and important dates, Kroll Settlement Administration, read 7 Nov 2026: class, benefits, deadlines, payment update 2/5/2026.
- Advance Auto data settlement: FAQ, Kroll Settlement Administration, read 7 Nov 2026: incident facts, 2.3 million, fees, payment emails (Q24).
- Order granting final approval (Doc. 585), US District Court for the District of Montana, read 7 Nov 2026: final approval granted Oct 23, 2025; notice by email or postcard; $3,333,000 fees.
- Declaration of Patrick M. Passarella of Kroll (Doc. 545-3, filed as Exhibit C), Kroll Settlement Administration (court filing), read 7 Nov 2026: notice program, Class Member ID, $10,000,000 fund in the notice exhibits, 17,476 claims as of Sept 8, 2025.