Women note men on this dating app: 72,000 private images have been hacked

Except that the Tea Dating Advice application has recently been hacked, which promised women to note their love meetings and warn each other in the face of certain users. The company detected unauthorized access which has exhibited around 72,000 images.

An app to protect women with flaws

Among the compromised data, there are 13,000 photos of identity documents and selfies subject to the verification process. There are also 59,000 images that have been shared in publications, private messages or comments.

As explained previously, Tea Dating Advice works like Yelp for romantic meetings and allows women to note anonymously their experiences with red flags or Green Flags.

The application shows the names and images of the men evaluated, which poses problems in terms of confidentiality even before this hacking, even if the intention is completely commendable.

It is 404 media which indicates that 4Chan Internet users claim this hacking. It is on this site that stolen images were shared between users. The company specifies that all the stolen images have been downloaded before February 2024 and that since storage has been more secure.

“During our first phases of development, certain historical contents were not migrated to our new fortified system”explains the application. It has been two years that the company no longer requires identity documents.

It was in 2003 that Tea Dating Advice was launched with the promise that women have the necessary information before meeting someone new. The application offers checks of criminal history, inverted image searches and telephone numbers.

The application recently exploded on social networks, such as Tiktok, where women share their discoveries of men encountered accused of abuse, registered on sexual delinquency files or with history of domestic violence.

The application displays zero tolerance for defamation and some men explain that they have deleted publications against them. However, others denounce comments on their physical appearance or one -way stories about breaks and therefore fear that the application encourages collective attacks.