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Dating apps for women say they have been hacked and publish tens of thousands of photos and other personal information when they do background checks for men and share information about potential bad actors.
The company’s Tea behind the Tea Dating Advice app said in an alert on July 25 that the security breach had compromised a “legacy data storage system” that stores around 72,000 images.
Images taken in the violation learned by TEA at 6:44am on July 25th include around 13,000 selfies and user photo identification, as well as around 59,000 images from posts, comments and direct messages within the app.
According to Tea, no email address or phone number was accessed. The violation only affected users who signed up for the app before February 2024, the company said.
According to a statement from the company, tea had to have selfies and IDs “as an additional layer of safety, ensuring that only women would sign up for the app.” The ID requirement was removed in 2023, Tea said.
Third-party cybersecurity experts and Tee’s internal security team “we’re working around the clock to protect our systems. At this point, we’ve implemented additional security measures and fixed data issues,” the company said in a statement to USA Today.
“There is no evidence to suggest that additional user data has been affected. Protecting users’ privacy and data is our number one priority,” Tea said in a statement. “We take every step necessary to ensure the security of our platform and prevent further exposure.”
Hackers were able to access the location where data was stored prior to February 24, 2024 using Tee’s data storage system. This is because “in the early stages of development, some legacy content was not migrated to the new fortress system,” according to the company’s statement.
“As we grew our community, we moved to a more robust and secure solution that new users from February 2024 up until now weren’t part of the cybersecurity incident,” the company said.
What is the tea app?
Tea Dating Advice app – its name comes from the phrase “spill tea” or to share secrets and gossip – recently went viral, becoming the top free app on the Apple App Store for nearly a week, claiming nearly a million new users.
Available for free on Android and iOS, Tea offers a way for women to check out the personal history of men, including the “reverse image search” feature.
Other features include “phone number search to check for hidden marriages and background checks to reveal criminal history.” Women can also anonymously discuss the man and give him a “green” or “red” flag.
“Tea ensures that women have the information they need before meeting new people,” the company says on its website.
More than 1.7 million women use the app, the company says.
TEA App Violation Stimulates Concerns of Identity Theft
According to reports from 404 Media and CNET, some users’ photos and images of driver licenses were posted on the 4chan and Reddit bulletin boards on Friday.
USA Today contacted Tea for comment on concerns about identity theft to users.
If you’ve joined the app by February 2024 and are concerned about your driver’s license information or other personal information being misused, you can find tips on the Federal Trade Commission’s identity theft website.
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