Dating App Tea Spills: 13,000 User Selfies Leaked in Data Breach Scandal
Tea, a dating app promising safety for women, faced a data breach affecting 13,000 users’ selfies. Despite assurances of immediate deletion, a legacy storage system was compromised. The app is investigating with cybersecurity experts and reassures that no user emails or phone numbers were exposed.
Hot Take:
Ah, the sweet cup of Tea has been spilled! It turns out, even dating apps promising safety have a hard time keeping their cupboard locked. With selfies on the loose, it’s a not-so-romantic reminder that in the digital age, love may be blind, but hackers certainly aren’t. Swipe left on data breaches, please!
Key Points:
- Tea dating app suffered a data breach affecting 13,000 user selfies.
- The breach involved a legacy data storage system with 72,000 images compromised.
- Tea app was designed for women’s safety in online dating, launched in 2022.
- Incident did not involve user emails or phone numbers.
- Tea is investigating with cybersecurity experts to understand the breach’s full impact.
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