First reported by The Onion
Tea App Data Breach Exposes User Photos and Messages
Tea App Data Breach Expands with Exposure of 1.1 Million Private Messages
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10mo ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
The Tea app, a women-only dating safety platform, has suffered a significant data breach, with stolen data including 1.1 million private messages and user verification details like selfies and government IDs being shared on hacking forums. The breach was exacerbated by an unsecured Firebase storage bucket.
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The Tea app is a women-only dating safety platform where members can share reviews about men, with access to the platform only granted after providing a selfie and government ID verification.
On Friday, an anonymous user posted on 4chan that Tea used an unsecured Firebase storage bucket to store drivers' licenses and selfies uploaded by members to verify.
The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members.
