Tea, an app designed to let ladies safely talk about males they date, has been breached, with hundreds of selfies and photograph IDs of customers uncovered, the company confirmed on Friday.
Tea said that about 72,000 photographs were leaked online, including 13,000 photographs of selfies or selfies that includes a photograph identification that customers submitted during account verification.
Another 59,000 photographs publicly viewable in the app from posts, feedback, and direct messages were also accessed without authorization, according to a Tea spokesperson.
Tea, an app designed to let ladies safely talk about males they date, has been breached, with hundreds of selfies and photograph IDs of customers uncovered, the company confirmed. AP
No e-mail addresses or telephone numbers were accessed, the company said, and the breach only impacts customers who signed up before February 2024.
“Tea has engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and are working around the clock to secure its systems,” the company said. “At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that additional user data was affected. Protecting tea users’ privacy and data is their highest priority.”
Tea presents itself as a protected means for ladies to anonymously vet males they might join with on courting apps such as Tinder or Bumble — making certain that your date is “safe, not a catfish, and not in a relationship.”
“Tea is a must-have app, helping women avoid red flags before the first date with dating advice, and showing them who’s really behind the profile of the person they’re dating,” reads Tea’s app store description.
Tea presents itself as a protected means for ladies to anonymously vet males they might join with on courting apps such as Tinder or Bumble — making certain that your date is “safe, not a catfish, and not in a relationship.” apple/tea-dating-advice
404 Media, which earlier reported the breach, said it was 4Chan customers who found an uncovered database that “allowed anyone to access the material” from Tea.
“While reporting this story, a URL the 4chan user posted included a voluminous list of specific attachments associated with the Tea app. 404 Media saw this list of files. In the last hour or so, that page was locked down, and now returns a “Permission denied” error,” 404 Media reported Friday.
Tea said in an Instagram post this week that it has reached 4 million customers.