WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The women-only U.S. dating advice app Tea has suspended direct messaging following a series of security breaches that exposed its users' personal details and sensitive communications, the company said on Tuesday.
In a series of posts to TikTok, Tea Dating Advice said it had taken messaging offline "out of an abundance of caution" after discovering the breach. The announcement followed a report last week in tech publication 404media that the company had inadvertently exposed the names, selfies, and identity documents of thousands of women, and a second report earlier on Tuesday that direct messages - including sensitive conversations around abortions and infidelity - had similarly been exposed.
