Security breach at the dating safety Tea App exposed 72,000 user photos, raising serious privacy concerns and potential identity risks.
On Friday, Tea, an application that enables women to submit anonymous comments regarding males they have purportedly dated, disclosed that it had experienced a data breach. The hackers have gained access to 72,000 images.
The company stated that this figure encompasses 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account verification and 59,000 images from posts, remarks, and direct messages.
Tea also stated that only registered users before February 2024 were affected, and no emails or phone numbers were disclosed.
“We are working around the clock to secure our systems and have engaged third-party cybersecurity experts,” the company stated. “We have resolved the data issue and implemented supplementary security measures at this time.”
Following the discovery of an exposed database, 4chan users claimed to share personal data and images from Tea, according to 404 Media.
When the hack occurred, the Tea app appeared to attain viral popularity this week. As of Saturday morning, it maintained its position as the top-ranked free app in Apple’s App Store.
