Two data breaches in one week on social media site Tea

A dating app, Tea, that was created to privately share information has been breached — twice. We learn more about the user information that was hacked.

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So what’s the tea? Well, Tea is actually a newish dating app, not for dating exactly, but for women to anonymously share information about men in their dating pool to, say, report bad or dangerous behavior that they’ve experienced with these specific men. The app got really popular really quickly, which made it quite unpopular with those who felt it invaded their privacy. But the real tea

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