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Tea's data breach became a brand moment

Despite data breach, controversy, these women say Tea app is indispensable
When domestic violence survivors are often silenced or fear seeking help, this anonymous platform gives them a place to give and receive support.
Tea dating app disables direct messaging as it investigates data breach
Tea's investigation of the incident found that app users' direct messages had been breached, along with some of their photos. "Out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline," San Francisco-based Tea said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.
How Tea’s data breach became a brand moment
The app has never been more popular than in the immediate aftermath of a brand catastrophe.
The Tea app hack explained – how a data breach spilled thousands of photos from the top free US app, and what to do
Its full name is Tea Dating Advice, and the central idea is a women-only app that gives those who are dating the ability to access background checks on men. This includes whether they have a criminal record (or if they're sex offenders), as well as reverse image searching to identify catfishing (assuming a false identity online).
Data breach causes dating app to take down messaging system
Tea, a popular dating app, took down its direct messaging system after a security breach was reported. Here's what you need to know.
The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What We Know About the Class Action Lawsuit
Tea, a women's dating safety app that recently surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too.
Tea app encouraged its users to spill about their online matches. Then the data got leaked
A popular women's dating advice app suffered a major data breach, revealing users' drivers' licenses, messages and other sensitive information. The hack put a spotlight on the flaws in "whisper networks.
Women's dating safety app Tea hit by data breach, exposing thousands of photos
The app, which recently went viral, found thousands of user selfies and photo identification were accessed in a data breach, along with about 59,000 images from posts, comments and direct messages within the app.
Data breach at Tea reportedly contains images and DMs from last week
Additionally, this source claims that the compromised information could allow hackers to view messages between Tea users. DMs might include other sensitive information, such as personal phone numbers,
Tea app that lets women post anonymous dating reviews was hit by a data breach that exposed 72K images
Viral dating advice app Tea experienced a data breach on Friday. It's been at the top of the US Apple App Store this week.
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The Tea app is a place for women to share red or green flags about men they've dated, or connect with one another. But it ...