US EditionTea App Breach Exposed 72,000 Selfies and ID Photos
- The breach stemmed from a Firebase storage bucket, with data accessed before February 24, 2024, following a threat on 4Chan on July 24, according to Tea said.
- The company said on July 25, 2025, that it engaged third-party cybersecurity experts after discovering the breach, with no contact info compromised.
- Threat actors began sharing images on 4Chan and X after the leak, with users publicly roasted. Tea said the breach exposed 72,000 images.
- With over 4 million members globally and a recent surge to Apple’s App Store, Tea said its breach exposed approximately 72,000 images, including selfies and IDs.
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“I found it in a race club a few months ago, I didn’t know her league history, but if I was single I would have tried,” writes a user of the Tea app about Rae, a young American. The comment appears in a video of TikTok where the author says: “Put reviews on him! This app makes the FBI’s work, for us, girls, much easier.”
Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare
An app designed to help women spot the "red flags" of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan users last week, resulting in the selfies and driver's licenses of its mostly women users being posted to 4chan. An independent researcher for 404 Media has since discovered that messages between users discussing infidelity, abortion, and personal phone numbers are also vulnerable to hackers.…
The Viral 'Tea' App Just Had a Second Data Breach, and It's Even Worse
The viral app Tea, where women are invited to review the men in their lives, has just suffered a second data breach. According to the company, last week's breach included data that was two years old. This week's breach includes direct messages from a week ago.
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