TeaOnHer data breach exposes driver’s licences, emails and private messages from app users

TeaOnHer has suffered a major data breach exposing IDs, emails and DMs, weeks after a similar leak hit Tea.

TeaOnHer, a dating review app that allows men to post anonymous accounts of women they have dated, has suffered a major data breach, exposing sensitive user information.

According to security researchers, the leaked data included driver’s licences, selfies, email addresses and private messages.

The information was reportedly publicly accessible until earlier this month. The vulnerability was fixed within a week after being reported by TechCrunch.

At the time of the breach, TeaOnHer ranked as the second most downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store, drawing significant public attention to the incident.

This is not the first security issue involving a review-based dating platform. Just weeks earlier, the women-focused Tea app, which operates on a similar model, experienced a breach that exposed identification documents and other personal details of its users.

Following that incident, Tea faced a second leak within days, which resulted in the exposure of 1.1 million private messages and forced the company to disable direct messaging on its platform.

The latest TeaOnHer breach has prompted discussion among online users about potential legal action, with some suggesting a class action lawsuit against the developers over the repeated exposure of private information.

TeaOnHer’s developer, Newville Media Corporation, has yet to comment on the situation publicly. The Independent reported that attempts to reach the company by email were unsuccessful.

The scale of the leaked material and the timing—coming so soon after a similar incident with Tea—has raised questions among users and privacy advocates about data protection measures and compliance with privacy laws in the dating app industry.

Both incidents have also renewed debate over the ethics and security of anonymous review-based dating platforms, with calls from some quarters for stricter regulation and oversight of such services.