Tea App Data Breach Exposes Thousands of User Images and IDs
TL;DR
The Tea women's safety dating app experienced a security breach exposing approximately 72,000 user images, including selfies and ID photos, from a legacy data system. The company is investigating the breach, which raises concerns about privacy and security in online identity verification.
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