Tea app's second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Last week, the dating safety app Tea experienced a data breach, exposing 72,000 sensitive images containing selfies and photo IDs for account verification, as well as images from posts and messages. The personal data was reportedly shared by users on 4chan.
As now reported by 404 Media, who received a tip from independent security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi, a second security issue exposed more user data, including messages between users sharing phone numbers, and discussing abortions and unfaithful partners.
The app — created to provide a platform for women to exchange information about men they've dated — released a statement last week regarding the initial breach, stating that it only affected users who signed up before February 2024. Rahjerdi's findings revealed messages from early 2023 until up to last week, with more than 1.1 million messages recorded.
Tea, which launched in 2023 but since gained wide attention currently ranks in the second-place spot in the top free app charts of Apple's App Store.
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