Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they have supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach. Hackers gained access to 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account verification, as well as 59,000 images from posts, comments, and direct messages.
The company stated that no emails or phone numbers were exposed and that only users who signed up before February 2024 were affected. Tea confirmed it has engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and is working to secure its systems. Additional security measures have been implemented, and the data issue has been fixed.
Reports indicate that 4chan users claimed to be sharing personal data and selfies from Tea after discovering an exposed database.
The breach follows a surge in the app’s popularity this week. As of Saturday morning, Tea remained the top free app in Apple’s App Store rankings.