Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

Tea, an app that enables ladies to put up nameless feedback about males they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered an information breach, with hackers getting access to 72,000 photos.

That quantity contains 13,000 selfies and photograph IDs submitted for account verification, in addition to 59,000 photos from posts, feedback, and direct messages, the corporate stated. Tea additionally stated that no emails or cellphone numbers have been uncovered, and that solely customers who signed up earlier than February 2024 have been affected.

“Now we have engaged third-party cybersecurity consultants and are working across the clock to safe our techniques,” the corporate stated. “Right now, we’ve got applied extra safety measures and have fastened the info challenge.”

404 Media reported that 4chan customers claimed to be sharing private information and selfies from Tea after discovering an uncovered database.

The hack comes after the Tea app appeared to achieve viral popularity this week. As of Saturday morning, it was nonetheless primary within the free app rankings in Apple’s App Retailer.