The Tea app, designed for women to share anonymous dating advice, suffered a significant data breach exposing 72,000 images, including selfies and IDs used for verification. A legacy data storage system was compromised, revealing unauthorized access to information more than two years old. The breach prompted immediate investigation by the app’s representatives. Of the exposed images, 13,000 were personal identification, while additional 59,000 images from app interactions were also accessed. Tea is collaborating with cybersecurity experts to manage the incident and claims no current user data was impacted.
The Tea app experienced a data breach exposing 72,000 images, including selfies and ID photos used for account verification, compromising user privacy.
The breach involved a legacy data storage system and information that dated back over two years, leading to an unauthorized access incident.
A spokesperson for Tea confirmed that upon identifying the breach, they immediately launched an investigation, revealing that around 72,000 images were accessed.
Tea is working with third-party cybersecurity experts to address the breach while asserting that no current user data was believed to have been affected.
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