Tea Under Investigation for Data Breach of Customer Records

Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach impacting the sensitive personal information of users of Tea, a dating safety app that allows women to share information about the men they have dated.  

On July 25, 2025, Tea confirmed that an unauthorized actor exploited an exposed database on Google’s firebase platform, leaking about 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and photo identifications submitted for account verification purposes, as well as 59,000 images from posts, comments, and direct messages.

On July 28, 2025, an additional database was found containing 1.1 million private messages sent between users on the Tea platform as recently as last week. Any Tea user is able to access the stored user data using their own API key.

If your personal information was impacted by this incident, you may be at risk of identity theft and other serious violations of your privacy. As a result, you may be entitled to money damages and an injunction requiring changes to Tea’s cybersecurity practices.

If you received notification of this data breach or are a user of Tea and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please fill out the form below.