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On July 27, Tea made an official statement hidden on their website that stated no email addresses or phone numbers were breached and "only users who signed up before February 2024 were affected".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teaforwomen.com/cyberincident|title=Official Statement|work=Tea|access-date=2025-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727215259/https://www.teaforwomen.com/cyberincident|archive-date=2025-07-27|url-status=live}}</ref> This questions the reliability of the privacy policy, as the verification photos were not deleted over a year after verifying the accounts, to which Tea claimed it was due to "cyber-bullying prevention". The email also claimed the requirement for ID images was removed at the end of 2023.

</br>The next day on July 28, it was reported by 404Media a second "major security issue" was discovered by Kasra Rahjerdi, an independent security researcher that included 1.1 million direct messages between users, with the messages spanning from 2023 to July 2025.<ref name="404-2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/|title=A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating|first1=Emanuel|last1=Maiberg|first2=Joseph|last2=Cox|date=2025-07-28|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728172154/https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/|archive-date=2025-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref> The contents of some messages included abortion, sharing information about husbands, and phone numbers.

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 On July 27, Tea made an official statement hidden on their website that stated no email addresses or phone numbers were breached and "only users who signed up before February 2024 were affected".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teaforwomen.com/cyberincident|title=Official Statement|work=Tea|access-date=2025-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727215259/https://www.teaforwomen.com/cyberincident|archive-date=2025-07-27|url-status=live}}</ref> This questions the reliability of the privacy policy, as the verification photos were not deleted over a year after verifying the accounts, to which Tea claimed it was due to "cyber-bullying prevention". The email also claimed the requirement for ID images was removed at the end of 2023.
+</br>The next day on July 28, it was reported by 404Media a second "major security issue" was discovered by Kasra Rahjerdi, an independent security researcher that included 1.1 million direct messages between users, with the messages spanning from 2023 to July 2025.<ref name="404-2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/|title=A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating|first1=Emanuel|last1=Maiberg|first2=Joseph|last2=Cox|date=2025-07-28|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728172154/https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/|archive-date=2025-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref> The contents of some messages included abortion, sharing information about husbands, and phone numbers.
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