# The Tea app hack explained – how a data breach spilled thousands of photos from the top free US app, and what to do

> Tea is a popular 'dating safety tool' that just suffered a data breach 72,000 images pertaining to the app were involved, some of which were user photo IDs There's an ongoing investigation, but the obvious worry here is…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/the-tea-app-hack-explained-how-a-data-breach-spilled-thousands-of-photos-from-the-top-free-us-app-and-what-to-do?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=68876e000c8415b59afbb6dc)
- **Published:** 2025-07-28
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #dating #breach #data #explained #free #hack #identity #images
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