The women's dating safety app Tea has turned off messaging capabilities following a cybersecurity breach. This breach exposed thousands of user images, posts, and some direct messages. The company confirmed that direct messages were accessed during the incident reported in late July. With 1.6 million users, the app is working to enhance security and identify affected individuals, offering free identity protection services. Reports indicate that sensitive conversations, including discussions about personal issues, were compromised, raising concerns about potential blackmail and emotional harm.
The app, which allows women to do background checks on men they might date, first said it had been hacked in late July.
In the meantime, we are working to identify any users whose personal information was involved and will be offering free identity protection services to those individuals.
Conversations could include names, details of past relationships, or other private material, opening the door to blackmail or emotional harm, cybersecurity expert Rachael Percival told the BBC.
The fact that criminals potentially have both images and the associated account's direct messages should raise the level of concern among users.
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