Tea Dating App Data Breach Compromises 72,000 Images

The app has more than 4.64 million users.

A member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance, who refused to give his real name, uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at the group's office in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on Aug. 4, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images

The women-focused Tea Dating Advice app suffered a data breach leading to the leak of thousands of personal images belonging to its users, the company said in a July 26 Instagram post.

“At 6:44 a.m. PST on 7/25, we identified unauthorized access to our systems and immediately launched a full investigation,” the company said in an official statement.