This month, called an application Tea Entered the internet. Thousands of women gathered anonymously icks of their dating life and allegedly given men! In a week, the provocative digital space was rocketed at the U.S. Apple App Store. Then on Friday, the company behind the application confirmed it was hacked. Hack included thousands of images, including his independent.

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The Tea App releases the message about the Hack Viral Hack

Shenanigans flimsy became viral when women started to flush the app. Women started chat on other social platforms, which led to a flow of people requested to enter the online community. It is blocked with men and the fear of sleeping in the app, drew tea critical attention. Then hack rumors started! The company threw a statement, clarifying what happened on Friday.

Tea said about 72,000 images were flushed online, including 13,000 independent. Users sent by some SEEPY when checking the application account are photo identification. According to a Tea Spokesperson, hackers also included 59,000 images in the applications visible in the application, comments and direct messages. The company clarified that the email address or phone number did not enter. In addition, violations only affect users who registered before February 2024.

"TEA has experts in third-party cybersecurity and works around the clock to ensure his systems," the company said. "At the moment, there is no evidence to suggest that additional data is damaged. Tea user privacy and data protection is the highest priority."

TEA also said that users have to change passwords or delete accounts, as they secured "all data".

As mentioned, tea applications are safely presented by women to connect with dating applications aimed at men with anonymous women. It was to make sure it is your date "Sure, not a string, and not in a relationship."

"Tea is essential, the first appointment to avoid red flags from women before the first date, and shows those who appear behind the profile of the person they are dating," read the App Store description.

TEA said in an Instagram post this week to get four million users this week and received and Reviewed 2.5 million applications join.

How did data leaks happen?

Also, 404 media new fracture and said 4chan users Found a database found "material to anyone" had permitted tea. Applications and violations highlight the wonderful nature of looking for romance during social media.

"If you publish this story, the 4Chan was published by the 404 media. Last time, this page was locked and the" "error is now" "permission denied".

On Saturday, another statement of the TEA application (July 26) said the company has promoted law enforcement and external cybersecurity experts to help them do research.

What to know about tea application

Founder tea Sean Cook He previously revealed that the company was created in 2022. Salesforce and shutterfly is a software engineer that worked before. His mother had a "scary", which did not know the crimes of dossier and did not know the men in cats, influenced.

In a review of Apple Store, he used a man who investigated a man who spoke a man who spoke a woman. He ended up discovering "more than 20 red flags", serious allegations, recorded and recorded women without attacking. He said he cut the communication. "I can't imagine how things I could know" He wrote.

According to Sensor Tower, according to social media care last week, 1. No. In Apple's US App Store. From July 24, seven days, tea downloads rose by 525% in the previous week 525.

Was tea invading the privacy of man? Possibly.

On Thursday, a female columnist in the London newspaper called the "Men's Shamabura Site". He also complained about "this is simply vigilante justice, completely reliable in the scruples of anonymous women." According to APHe wrote, "With the tea on the scene, what man would a woman ever dare again?

SoTe app violates male privacy and is the opposite of the law? In 1996, the Congress passed the legislation that supported the website and the application from the liability of the content sent by users. Still, Aaron MincA lawyer specializing in defamation and harassment, he said Users can be sued to expand "fake and harmful".

And these cases are not guaranteed victories. For example, in May, a federal judge of Illinois dispose of the privacy lawsuit. According to the Law Bloomberg, a man sued for women in Facebook Chat Team "We have the same guy.

In addition, state privacy laws are also concerns and can lead to issues against what another person's photo or personal information is published in harmful ways. The Minc lawyer said he was not surprised to see Tea.

"These sites are attacked," Minc said. "They create enemies. They put goals where people want to go after them."

Associated Paul Wiseman's' Barbara Ortutay and Business Wiseman helped this press through AP news.