Kevin Collier and Angela Yang report:
Hackers have breached the Tea app, which recently went viral as a place for women to safely talk about men, and tens of thousands of women’s selfies and photo IDs have now seemingly been leaked online.
A spokesperson confirmed the hack Friday afternoon. The company estimates that 72,000 images, including 13,000 verification photos and images of government IDs, were accessed.
Tea is designed to function as a virtual whisper network for women, allowing them to upload photos of men and search for them by name. Users can leave comments describing specific men as a “red flag” or “green flag,” and share other information about them.
Read more at NBC,
A notice was posted on Instagram yesterday, acknowledging the incident:
Apparently some people thought the situation was funny. Over on X.com, @ZTobias114838 tweeted:
The drivers licenses leaked today from the tea app have been uploaded to a searchable map…. this may be the worst PII leak I’ve ever seen lol
