匿名约会建议App“Tea”近期遭遇数据泄露事件，导致超过7.2万张图片被非法访问，其中包括用户自拍和用于身份验证的证件照片。据公司声明，此次泄露涉及一个陈旧的数据存储系统，其中包含两年多前的信息。Tea App允许女性匿名分享对男性的评价和约会建议，近期在App Store排名飙升。此次事件引发了对用户隐私的担忧，特别是涉及用户提交的个人敏感信息。

💥数据泄露规模巨大：Tea App发生了严重的数据泄露事件，导致约72,000张图片被未经授权访问。这其中包括约13,000张用户自拍和用于账户验证的身份证明照片，以及59,000张应用内的其他图片、评论和私信。

📅泄露数据时间跨度长：根据公司初步调查，此次泄露事件涉及一个“陈旧的数据存储系统”，其中包含的信息可追溯至两年多以前。这意味着泄露的数据并非全部来自近期活跃用户。

🔒隐私安全受到威胁：泄露的图片中包含用户用于身份验证的证件照片，这可能导致用户的个人身份信息面临风险。同时，应用内其他图片、评论和私信的暴露也加剧了用户的隐私担忧。

📈App用户激增与监管挑战：在数据泄露发生的同时，Tea App的用户量却在激增，甚至登顶美国App Store榜首。这使得如何在用户快速增长的同时保障数据安全和用户隐私成为平台面临的严峻挑战。

🔗信息传播渠道：此次数据泄露的信息首先被404 Media发现并发布，随后被发布到4chan等平台，进一步扩大了信息的传播范围和潜在风险。

The Tea app was hit with a data breach that exposed 72,000 images, including selfies and IDs.The app said the breach involved a legacy data system with information from over two years ago.Tea, which lets women share anonymous dating advice and reviews, hit the top spot in the App Store.

Tea, the anonymous dating advice app for women that has the internet buzzing, is in hot water after a data breach.

Thousands of images of women, including selfies and photos of IDs that were used to verify their identity to join the app, were exposed because of the breach.

"We can confirm that at 6:44 AM PST on Friday, July 25th, Tea identified unauthorized access to one of our systems and immediately launched a full investigation to assess the scope and impact," a spokesperson for Tea told Business Insider in a statement.

"Preliminary findings indicate that the incident involved a legacy data storage system containing information from over two years ago," the spokesperson said.

The Tea app allows women to post a "man" (including his name, estimated age, location, and photos) with the option to add commentary. Users can also react to posts with green or red flags. Some users post photos of men asking for "tea" — gossip — about them. Others share posts seeking advice. The app does not allow screenshots.

The breach included about 72,000 images — about 13,000 of which were either selfies or photo identification "submitted during account verification," the company said. Another 59,000 images from within the app, as well as comments and direct messages, "were accessed without authorization."

404 Media, which found that the data had been posted to 4chan, first reported the breach on Friday morning,

Tea said it is working with "third-party cybersecurity experts" after the breach and does not believe "current or additional user data was affected."

Meanwhile, in the Tea app, an administrative account "TaraTeaAdmin" informed users about the breach in a post, which now has hundreds of comments on it.

The Tea app has seen an influx of new users and hit No. 1 on the US Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company posted an Instagram story stating that more than 2 million new users have requested to join the app.

Privacy concerns had already been a topic of discussion amid Tea's virality — but mostly concerning the privacy of the men posted to the app. Now, those concerns are going both ways.