US EditionTea, an app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUL 30 – Tea app exposed 72,000 images including 13,000 selfies and IDs due to unsecured legacy storage, affecting users registered before February 2024, company confirmed.
- Tea, an app launched in 2023 for women to anonymously discuss men they date, announced a data breach on July 26, 2025, exposing 72,000 images.
- The data breach, caused by an improperly configured Firebase database, impacted accounts created prior to February 2024, with the compromised information being circulated on the 4chan message board.
- The leaked data comprised 13,000 selfies or photo ID images uploaded for verification, along with an additional 59,000 images gathered from user-generated content such as posts, comments, and private messages, while email addresses and phone numbers remained secure.
- Tea reached 4 million users this week, remains number one in Apple's free app rankings, and has engaged third-party cybersecurity experts working continuously to secure its systems.
- The incident raises legal and safety concerns, breaks user trust, and highlights the limitations of Web2 security tools while Tea reviews practices to rebuild user confidence.
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Women-only US dating advice app Tea suspends messaging following breaches
WASHINGTON :The women-only U.S. dating advice app Tea has suspended direct messaging following a series of security breaches that exposed its users' personal details and sensitive communications, the company said on Tuesday.In a series of posts to TikTok, Tea Dating Advice said it had taken messaging offline
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ussanews.comData breach on women-only dating safety site leads to class-action lawsuit
Tea, the women-only dating safety app that features anonymous reviews of men, is facing a class-action lawsuit after a data breach exposed tens of thousands of user pictures and other personal information. The lawsuit, filed Monday, July 28, also names the social media platform X and the anonymous online forum 4chan. The complaint, brought by a Northern California woman identified with the pseudonym Jane Doe, accuses the three companies of negli…
Tea, an app that has become popular in the United States, is aimed only at women. Users share information about the men they are dating on the app, which has drawn criticism.
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