Data Leak: Women rate men on this app, the safest dating platform becomes a victim of hacking..

A dating app is making the rounds these days. This dating app, specifically designed for women, allows women to rate men after dating them, which is also visible to other women on the app. Women rate men based on their behavior, dating experience, and loyalty. We're talking about the Tea app, launched in 2023, which aimed to help women conduct background checks on partners before dating.

The app gradually gained popularity, and by July 2025, it became the most downloaded lifestyle app in the United States. Viral videos and stories on TikTok and Instagram further fueled its popularity. However, this month, something happened that shook users' trust in the app.

App Suffers Hacking
In late July 2025, hackers breached the app's database, leaking photos of over 72,000 women and over 1 million private chats online. Users on platforms like 4chan initially shared women's photos, selfies, and ID cards. Later, messages, phone numbers, and social media handles were also leaked. Online trolls created a website to rate women's photos and attempted to track their locations using photo metadata.

Why is the Tea app special for women?

While dozens of dating apps are available online, the Tea app offers a variety of features to protect women from deception and harm. Women can not only rate but also review their partners. These reviews help other women determine whether a person is trustworthy or simply meeting women for a passing time. It offers features like checking a man's criminal record, an offender registry, red flag alerts, and catfish detection.

How it all started
The Tea app was founded by Sean Cook. His mother was a victim of catfishing and men with criminal backgrounds on online dating platforms. This gave Sean the idea to start a dating app where women could find partners with no criminal background and receive information about them before they even met.

A group on 4chan, calling it the "Hack and Leak Campaign," deliberately used the data to embarrass and harass women. Several reports claimed that anyone could access the app's records. Recently, Tea announced in an Instagram post that the number of its users had crossed 4 million.

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