Tea, an app that enables girls to put up nameless feedback about males they’ve supposedly dated, introduced Friday that it has suffered an information breach, with hackers having access to 72,000 photos.
That quantity contains 13,000 selfies and picture IDs submitted for account verification, in addition to 59,000 photos from posts, feedback, and direct messages, the corporate mentioned. Tea additionally mentioned that no emails or cellphone numbers had been uncovered, and that solely customers who signed up earlier than February 2024 had been affected.
“We have now engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and are working across the clock to safe our techniques,” the corporate mentioned. “Presently, we’ve carried out further safety measures and have mounted the info situation.”
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 attain viral reputation this week. As of Saturday morning, it was nonetheless primary within the free app rankings in Apple’s App Retailer.
