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
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Tea was founded by software developer Sean Cook, who said he was inspired to create an anonymous whisper network after witnessing his own mother’s “terrifying” dating experiences with men. It was al …
The women-only dating safety app Tea has suffered a significant cybersecurity incident, with hackers gaining unauthorized access to approximately 72,000 user images, including 13,000 sensitive selfies and identification documents used for account verification. The breach, which represents one of the most serious data exposures in the dating app ecosystem, has…
Tea, a popular women’s dating app that allows anonymous reviews of male dates, has confirmed a significant cybersecurity incident resulting in the theft of approximately 72,000 user images. The breach, which affected users who registered before February 2024, represents a serious violation of privacy for the platform that markets itself…
Just one day after Apple took down the iOS App Store listing for ICEBlock, Google has confirmed to 404 Media that it has removed a similar app, Red Dot, from the Google Play Store. The company also reportedly said it “removed apps that share the location of what it describes…