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Tea, an app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed
- The Tea dating app announced on Friday, July 26, 2025, that hackers accessed approximately 72,000 user images from a legacy data system.
- The breach impacted users who registered prior to February 2024 and involved images from a legacy system over two years old, with no indications that newer data was compromised.
- Out of the images accessed, 13,000 consisted of user-submitted selfies or identification photos used for verifying accounts, while the remaining 59,000 were extracted from user-generated content such as posts, comments, and private messages within the app.
- Tea stated that it responded quickly, enlisted trusted cybersecurity specialists, and confirmed that users’ contact details such as emails and phone numbers were not compromised in the breach.
- The incident followed the app’s surge to the top of Apple’s App Store, leading Tea to assert it is taking every step to protect users and prevent further exposure.
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Women's dating app Tea reports 72,000 images stolen in security breach
Tea, an app that lets women anonymously comment and review dates with men, said it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 user images.A Tea spokesperson confirmed the hack to Reuters on Saturday, saying they had detected "unauthorized access to our systems" and about 72,000 images
The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked.
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and are working around the clock to secure our systems,” San Francisco-based Tea Dating A…
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsDating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images.
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.
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