Dating-Safety App Tea Disables DMs After Potential Access During Breach
A women-only app intended to enhance safety for online dating users has disabled its direct messaging (DM) feature after learning that some messages were accessed during a data breach that occurred July 25 (see 2507280017). Earlier this month, the Tea app suffered a breach that leaked 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies with identifying information.
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"To address the issue and out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline altogether," said Tea in an update on its website. "At this time, we have found no evidence of access to other parts of our environment."
The update emphasized that the app is "committed to keeping you informed as quickly as possible," but that "because this is an active investigation involving external cybersecurity experts and the FBI, there are limits to what we can share -- and when."
Law firm Edelson Lechtzin is investigating the Tea app breach for a potential class-action on behalf of victims.