The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked.
The Tea app and the recent breach highlight the fraught nature of seeking romance in the age of social media.
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2 developments- Jul 25, 2025Tea app, built for women's safety, suffers major data breach
- Jul 29, 2025Private messages on Tea, the anonymous dating advice app, were exposed in a recent data breach
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Quiet for 427 daysLast development · Jul 29, 2025 — Private messages on Tea, the anonymous dating advice app, were exposed in a recent data breach
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1 viewpointPrivate messages on Tea, the anonymous dating advice app, were exposed in a recent data breach
The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked
Tea app that lets women post anonymous dating reviews was hit by a data breach that exposed 72K images
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4 viewpointsWomen's dating advice app Tea victim of major data breach exposing over 70,000 photos
Tea, app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed
The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then hackers leaked 72,000 images online, including users' selfies
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