Tea, an app that enables girls to submit nameless feedback about males they’ve supposedly dated, introduced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers getting access to 72,000 photos.
That quantity contains 13,000 selfies and photograph IDs submitted for account verification, in addition to 59,000 photos from posts, feedback, and direct messages, the corporate stated. Tea additionally stated that no emails or telephone numbers have been uncovered, and that solely customers who signed up earlier than February 2024 have been affected.
“We now have engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and are working across the clock to safe our techniques,” the corporate stated. “Presently, now we have carried out extra security measures and have fastened the information difficulty.”
404 Media reported that 4chan customers claimed to be sharing private information and selfies from Tea after discovering an uncovered database.
The hack comes after the Tea app appeared to attain viral recognition this week. As of Saturday morning, it was nonetheless primary within the free app rankings in Apple’s App Retailer.
