Tea App Experiences Second Data Breach, Exposing Over 1.1 Million Private Messages

Tea app, a dating safety platform, has experienced a second data breach, exposing over 1.1 million private messages. The messages, shared by users on 4chan, contained sensitive information such as phone numbers and discussions of abortions and unfaithful partners. The breach is a concern for the app's 72,000 users, who were affected by a previous data breach in February 2024. Tea app ranks second in Apple's App Store charts.

Tea app, a dating safety platform that allows women to anonymously review men, has experienced a second data breach. The breach, which occurred on July 26, 2025, exposed over 1.1 million private messages between users, including sensitive information such as phone numbers and discussions of abortions and unfaithful partners. The messages were shared on 4chan by an independent security researcher, Kasra Rahjerdi [2].

The data breach is a significant concern for the app's 72,000 users, who were previously affected by a data breach in February 2024. The initial breach exposed 72,000 images, including selfies and photo identification, from the app's legacy data storage system [1]. Tea app ranks second in Apple's App Store charts as of July 2, 2025.

Tea has taken the affected system offline and is working with external cybersecurity experts and the FBI to investigate the breach. The company has not yet confirmed if any users' personal information was compromised in the latest breach. Tea has offered free identity protection services to users whose personal information may have been involved [2].

The Tea app's privacy policy states that it takes reasonable security measures to protect users' personal information. However, the company's use of Firebase for data storage has been criticized by security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi, who found that Tea did not implement the same security measures for Firebase as it did for its own API [2].

The data breaches have raised concerns about the app's security measures and the potential for misuse of user data. Tea app's rapid rise to the top of Apple's App Store charts has been accompanied by controversy, with some men claiming that the app can be a source of misinformation and lead to violations of their privacy [1].

Tea app's stock price has not been publicly reported, and it is unclear how the data breaches will impact the company's financial performance. However, the breaches have raised questions about the company's ability to protect user data and maintain user trust.

References:
[1] https://natlawreview.com/article/safest-space-spill-tea-dating-safety-app-targeted-massive-data-breach
[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/tea-anonymous-viral-app-direct-messages-exposed-breach-researcher-2025-7