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On July 29, the Tea app disabled direct messaging for all users as a result of the second data leak, stating "at this time, we have found no evidence of access to other parts of our environment".<ref name="404-3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/tea-app-turns-off-dms-after-exposing-messages-about-abortions-cheating/|title=Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating|first=Joseph|last=Cox|date=2025-07-29|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729151012/https://www.404media.co/tea-app-turns-off-dms-after-exposing-messages-about-abortions-cheating/|archive-date=2025-07-29|url-status=live}}</ref> On the same day, a [[Class action|class action lawsuit]] was filed by the Cole & Van Note law firm.<ref name="404-4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/tea-user-files-class-action-after-womens-safety-app-exposes-data/|title=Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data|first1=Emanuel|last1=Maiberg|first2=Joseph|last2=Cox|date=2025-07-29|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729194612/https://www.404media.co/tea-user-files-class-action-after-womens-safety-app-exposes-data/|archive-date=2025-07-29|url-status=live}}</ref> The suit was based on the premise of "the people that went to this site thought they were going to be treated with their information would be treated with anonymity, and that trust was violated".<ref name="404-4" /> | On July 29, the Tea app disabled direct messaging for all users as a result of the second data leak, stating "at this time, we have found no evidence of access to other parts of our environment".<ref name="404-3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/tea-app-turns-off-dms-after-exposing-messages-about-abortions-cheating/|title=Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating|first=Joseph|last=Cox|date=2025-07-29|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729151012/https://www.404media.co/tea-app-turns-off-dms-after-exposing-messages-about-abortions-cheating/|archive-date=2025-07-29|url-status=live}}</ref> On the same day, a [[Class action|class action lawsuit]] was filed by the Cole & Van Note law firm.<ref name="404-4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/tea-user-files-class-action-after-womens-safety-app-exposes-data/|title=Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data|first1=Emanuel|last1=Maiberg|first2=Joseph|last2=Cox|date=2025-07-29|work=404 Media|access-date=2025-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729194612/https://www.404media.co/tea-user-files-class-action-after-womens-safety-app-exposes-data/|archive-date=2025-07-29|url-status=live}}</ref> The suit was based on the premise of "the people that went to this site thought they were going to be treated with their information would be treated with anonymity, and that trust was violated".<ref name="404-4" /> | ||
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In August, it was reported an app for men called "TeaOnHer" was leaking user data (IDs, email, | In August, it was reported an app for men called "TeaOnHer" was leaking user data (IDs, email, usernames) in the same vein as Tea, with a publicly exposed API. <ref name="TC-TOH">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|title=There's a new 'Tea' app going viral. This time, it's for men to post anonymously about women.|first=Sydney|last=Bradley|date=2025-08-05|work=Business Insider|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811140752/https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> A second vulnerability was in the form of the owner, Xavier Lampkin's exposed plaintext credentials.<ref name="TC-TOH" /> The app had a "guest" view option, with a majority of the posts being of nude women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|title=TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users’ personal data and driver’s licenses|first1=Amanda|last1=Silberling|first2=Zack|last2=Whittaker|date=2025-08-06|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811141340/https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||