Tea is an app that allows women to safely talk about men they date, with user IDs published

Tea is an app designed to allow women to safely discuss men whose dates have been violated, with thousands of selfies and photo IDs being exposed, the company confirmed Friday.

According to Tea, around 72,000 images are leaked online. This includes 13,000 images of selfies or selfies that feature photo identifications submitted by users during account verification. Another 59,000 images from posts, comments and direct messages have also been published from posts, comments and direct messages, according to a Tea spokesperson.

According to the company, no email addresses or phone numbers are accessed, and violations only affect users who signed up before February 2024.

“TEA is engaged in third-party cybersecurity specialists and works round the clock to ensure that system,” the company said. “At this point, there is no evidence to suggest that additional user data has been affected. The privacy and data protection of TEA users is our number one priority.”

Tee presents as a safe way for women to anonymously lead veterinarian men to anonymously anonymously, where they may connect with dating apps like Tinder or Bumble. Dates prevent you from being “safe, not catfish, not related.”

“Tea is a must-have app, so women should avoid the red flag before their first date with dating advice and show the person behind the profile of the person they are dating,” reads Tea’s App Store description.

404 Media, which previously reported the violation, said it was the 4Chan user who discovered an exposed database “whole can access the material” from the tea.

“While reporting this story, the URL of the 4Chan user posted contained a huge list of specific attachments associated with the TEA app. 404 Media saw this list of files. In the last hour or so, the page was locked and returned an “permission denied” error, 404 Media reported on Friday.

In an Instagram post this week, Tea said it reached 4 million users.

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