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Last week, users on 4chan claimed they uncovered a massive data breach
00:03
tied to a women-only dating safety app.
00:06
Now the company just spilled more tea on how deep the leak really goes.
00:10
Tea, the app in question, exploded in popularity this month,
00:14
climbing to the number one spot in the app store and attracting over 1.6 million users.
00:19
Its mission? Let women share honest reviews about men in their area,
00:23
from cheating and ghosting to serious criminal behavior.
00:26
To get in, users must prove their women by uploading a selfie,
00:30
sometimes even a government-issued ID,
00:32
which the app states is what keeps Tea safe and supposedly deleted after being accepted.
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But with all the viral attention came frustration,
00:40
as users complain about week-long waits just to get in.
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One Instagram user wrote,
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I've waited so long, it's not even interesting anymore.
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Tea responded saying real humans handle every verification to protect user safety
00:52
and that they're working on ways to speed up approvals.
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But then came the first breach.
00:57
According to 404 Media, users on the anonymous message board 4chan
01:01
claimed they discovered an unsecured database hosted on Google's Firebase platform tied directly to Tea.
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Hackers reportedly accessed and shared users uploaded selfies, personal data,
01:12
and in some cases even posted the content online.
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Tea confirmed the breach in a statement to 404 Media,
01:18
saying it involved an older system and data dating back two years,
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including some direct messages.
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But 404 Media recently reported an update that had exposed significantly more user data
01:29
than the first incident reported last week.
01:32
According to the second report,
01:33
an independent security researcher discovered that hackers could access private messages
01:37
between users discussing sensitive topics like abortions, infidelity, and even phone numbers.
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While Tea initially claimed the breach was limited to outdated data from over two years ago,
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the newly discovered vulnerability affected a separate database containing messages sent as recently as last week.
01:53
The researcher also found it was possible to trigger a push notification to every user on the app.
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The company has since posted an update to their Instagram, stating,
02:02
We have recently learned that some direct messages were accessed as part of the initial incident.
02:07
Out of the abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline.
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Now some users who never even made it past the waitlist are demanding their data be deleted entirely.
02:16
Others are calling for a class action lawsuit.
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And for many women, this breach is about more than just stolen data, it's about broken trust.
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Platforms like Tea and even the popular Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook groups
02:28
were designed to help women protect themselves while dating.
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But unfortunately, these platforms keep failing at the one mission they promise,
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safety, security, and anonymity.
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Let us know your thoughts below and follow us everywhere at What's Trending.
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