Courting security app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 person pictures

Tea, an app that permits ladies to publish nameless feedback about males they’ve supposedly dated, introduced Friday that it has suffered a knowledge breach, with hackers having access to 72,000 pictures.

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

“Now we have engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and are working across the clock to safe our techniques,” the corporate stated. “Right now, now we have applied further safety measures and have fastened the info difficulty.”

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

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