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Tea App Data Breach: Women's Dating Safety App Has 13K Photos Leaked
Tea App Data Breach: Women's Dating Safety App Has 13K Photos Leaked

The personal information of thousands of women has been compromised after hackers breached the Tea app. According to NBC News , hackers may have accessed thousands of selfies and photo IDs from the app, which is a platform where women can secretly talk about men they’re dating for safety reasons. How much data is compromised in the Tea app breach? A spokesperson for Tea told NBC News that about 72,000 photos on the app have been hacked. The hacked images include 13,000 verification photos and government IDs. Some of the hacked data also includes content that is more than two years old. “This data was originally stored in compliance with law enforcement requirements related to cyberbullying prevention,” the Tea spokesperson told NBC News. According to the Associated Press , hackers have also accessed 59,000 images that are publicly viewable on posts in the app. Additionally, the perpetrators have accessed dozens of comments and direct messages without authorization. However, the...

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