BBC – Hackers breached Tea Dating Advice, a US women-only safety app with 1.6M users, gaining unauthorized access to 72K user-submitted images, some showing photo ID, and an additional 59K historical images of posts, comments, and messages. The breach affected members who joined before Feb 2024. Despite Tea's policy to delete verification photos, some were exposed. The app, launched in 2022 to help women vet men and flag red or green behavior, has faced criticism for being anti-men. Tea claims breached photos aren't linked to posts and says it's working with cybersecurity experts to secure the platform.
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