Tea Dating App Faces Identity Crisis After Breach

Tea is a new app for dating discussions. It recently had a big problem with computer security. The app said that some private messages were also seen by hackers.

The Tea app helps women talk about men they date safely. Last week, it was very popular in the Apple App Store. But then, the app said many users' photos were exposed because of a security issue.

A security researcher found another problem. Hackers could see messages about private topics. These messages talked about things like abortions and cheating, plus phone numbers.

Tea said on social media that some messages were seen. They learned this because of the first security problem. The app has stopped the affected system for now, to be very careful.

It is not known how many messages were exposed. Tea is trying to find the people whose information was involved. Tea will give those people free help to protect their identity; more information will be shared soon.