Tea App Breach has released 72,000 selfies and ID photos
Tea, Women’s Safety Dating App It’s surged to the top of the free iOS The App Store list suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it has “identified permitted access to one of our systems,” which released thousands of user images. And now it’s possible detail Anyone using the app can access it.
According to preliminary tee surveys from the end of last week, the violation has allowed access to around 72,000 images and is divided into two groups. 13,000 selfie images, photo identifications people submit during account verification, and 59,000 images that can be published on the app through posts, comments and direct messages.
The images were contained in a “Legacy Data System” that contained information from more than two years ago, the company said in a statement. “At this point, there is no evidence to suggest that current or additional user data has been affected.”
Posts on the first half of the Friday reddit and 404 Media We reported that the faces and IDs of users of the TEA app were posted on an anonymous online message board 4Chan.
TEA requires users to check their identity with selfies or IDs. Therefore, the driver’s license and photographs of people’s faces are included in the leaked data.
Tea said it has launched a full investigation to assess the scope and impact of the violation.
Potentially published DMs
Security researchers have discovered that too Hackers may have access to DMS Among tee users, according to a report by 404 media on Monday. This reportedly affects messages sent by people using the TEA app up until last week. Tea did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this latest report.
The premise of tea is to provide women with space to report negative interactions when they meet men in a dating pool, with the aim of keeping other women safe. The app hit the No. 1 spot last week on Apple’s US App Store, attracting international attention and sparking debate over whether the app violates men’s privacy. If a report of a violation turns out to be true, it also becomes a broader ongoing debate. Online identity and age verification poses inherent security risks For Internet users.
Tea said: “Tea Dating Advice will take reasonable security measures to protect your personal information to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction. However, please note that despite efforts, security measures are not possible.”