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Women-Only Whisper App Tea Hit by Data Breach Exposing 72,000 User Images
- On July 25, 2025, Tea confirmed a data breach exposing 72,000 images, including selfies and IDs, at San Francisco headquarters.
- A PR representative said preliminary findings showed the legacy data system contained information over two years old, while the app has grown to four million users earlier this week.
- Approximately 13,000 verification selfies and photo IDs were accessed, with no contact details compromised, and copies of ID card photos were posted on 4chan.
- Security experts warn that the breach exposes victims to stalking or identity theft, while critics highlight privacy risks of photo-based date reviews.
- Despite the breach, the app reported over two million new signups, and the spokesperson said it has engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to secure its systems.
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Tea, app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed
Tea, an app designed to let women safely discuss men they date, has been breached, with thousands of selfies and photo IDs of users exposed, the company confirmed on Friday.
·New York, United States
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Popular Women-Only App That Doxxes and Allows Users to Rate Men Based on Dates Gets Hacked: Thousands of IDS and Photos Leak
An extremely popular women-only app which allows users to share personal information about men suffered a significant security breach, allowing the identities of thousands of its users to be leaked online.
·United States
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On the Tea app, women get dating tips. After a cyberattack, hackers were able to get more than 72,000 photos and IDs from users.
·Vienna, Austria
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