Data Privacy
Jul. 31, 2025
Tea app hit with lawsuit over data leak that exposed 72,000 users
The federal lawsuit claims the popular women-focused app left tens of thousands of users vulnerable by failing to secure their ID documents and private messages. The breach has led to widespread sharing of sensitive information and triggered panic among victims.
Tea Dating Advice Inc., the popular dating app geared toward women that reached #1 on the App Store, was accused of failing to protect 72,000 user identification documents, which were exposed in what one attorney called 'one of the most catastrophic and ironic data breaches in the digital age,' due to completely unsecured cloud storage.
Tina Wolfson of Ahdoot & Wolfson P.C., one of the lead attorneys for the Tea users, said Wednesday that the recent hack "is not a...
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