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Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app’s data got leaked : NPR

Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app’s data got leaked : NPR

In this photo illustration, the Tea app logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. The dating advice app suffered a major data leak last month. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Tea app describes itself as “the safest place to spill tea” about potential online matches, allowing its subscribers to …

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Dating safety app Tea suspends messaging after hack

Dating safety app Tea suspends messaging after hack

Charlotte Edwards Technology reporter Getty Images Messaging has been turned off on the women’s dating safety app Tea, following a hack which has exposed thousands of images, posts and comments. In a new statement the company said: “As part of our ongoing investigation into the cybersecurity incident involving the Tea App, we have recently learned that some direct messages (DMs) …

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Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating

Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating

Tea, the viral women’s dating safety app, has turned off direct messages after 404 Media revealed that a vulnerability allowed unauthorized parties to gain access to users’ direct messages, including many in which women discussed their abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another. Kasra Rahjerdi, the independent security researcher who first flagged the issue to 404 …

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Tea dating app breach bigger than previously thought, company says

Tea dating app breach bigger than previously thought, company says

A previously disclosed hack affecting Tea, a women-only dating advice app, was more extensive than previously thought, the company said Monday.  Tea’s investigation of the incident found that app users’ direct messages had been breached, along with some of their photos.  “Out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline,” Tea said in a statement to …

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Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

An app designed to help women spot the “red flags” of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan users last week, resulting in the selfies and driver’s licenses of its mostly women users being posted to 4chan. An independent researcher for 404 Media has since discovered that messages …

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A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating

A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating

A second, major security issue with women’s dating safety app Tea has exposed much more user data than the first breach we first reported last week, with an independent security researcher now finding it was possible for hackers to access messages between users discussing abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another. Despite Tea’s initial statement that …

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Women's dating app Tea reports 72,000 images stolen in security breach – Reuters

Women’s dating app Tea reports 72,000 images stolen in security breach  Reuters Hackers steal images from women’s dating safety app that vets men  BBC Here’s what cybersecurity experts think about Tea’s data breach  Yahoo Home Tea app hacked: 13,000 photos leaked after 4chan call to action  NBC News Women Dating Safety App ‘Tea’ Breached, Users’ IDs Posted to 4chan  404 Media Source link

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What to know about the dating app Tea and its hacked data

What to know about the dating app Tea and its hacked data

Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and are …

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Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images. That number includes 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account verification, as well as 59,000 images from posts, comments, and direct messages, the company said. Tea also said …

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