The Tea App was founded by tech entrepreneur Sean Cook in 2023 (yes, a man!). According to the app’s website, Cook had the idea for the app after watching his mom struggle with online dating, experiencing both catfishing from men and unwittingly chatting with others who had criminal records.

Tea, an app created to help women safely share information about the men they date, has suffered a data breach, exposing thousands of user selfies and photo IDs, the company confirmed Friday.

Reps for the app said last week that the data that leaked was about two years old, and that no information related to users who joined more recently appeared to be included. But according to a new report from 404 Media,