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As of 2025, the app claims to have more than 1.6 million users, with recent numbers going up to 4.6 million as of July 27, 2025. | As of 2025, the app claims to have more than 1.6 million users, with recent numbers going up to 4.6 million as of July 27, 2025. Apps like ''Are We Dating The Same Guy?'' have a similar purpose.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/are-we-dating-the-same-guy/id6459230401|title=Are We Dating The Same Guy? on the App Store|work=App Store|access-date=2025-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726180711/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/are-we-dating-the-same-guy/id6459230401|archive-date=2025-07-26|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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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. | 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. | </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. | ||
</br>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" /> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||