US EditionThe Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What We Know About the Class Action Lawsuit
JUL 31 – Tea app disabled messaging after a second breach exposed over 1.1 million private messages, raising concerns over user privacy and prompting two class-action lawsuits, experts said.
- Tea Dating Advice, a women's safety app created by Sean Cook in 2023, experienced a significant data breach recently that exposed thousands of users' photos and private messages.
- An independent investigator discovered the breach, alerted the press, and court documents were filed on July 28 by user Griselda Reyes alleging negligence and data mishandling.
- The breach revealed about 72,000 images including 13,000 selfies and photo IDs stored in a legacy system, plus millions of recent direct messages, prompting Tea to shut down its DM feature.
- Reyes stated she suffered 'imminent and impending injury' from increased fraud risk due to Tea's failure to safeguard data, while Tea claims it takes reasonable security measures but acknowledges no system is impenetrable.
- The ongoing class action seeks damages and demands improved data practices, while the breach fuels debate about app safety, privacy, and the role of app stores in vetting apps like Tea.
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Tea Dating Advice App Slapped with 2 Class Action Lawsuits Following Data Breaches
The Tea app, which allows women to leave anonymous dating reviews of men, is now facing legal trouble in the form of two class action lawsuits filed on Monday. The platform has suffered multiple data breaches exposing private user data and photos to the internet at large.
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