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Tea app hit with 2 class-action lawsuits after a data breach exposed private messages and 72k images


Two class-action lawsuits were filed on Monday against Tea, the app where women can leave anonymous dating advice.

"I don't think that this organization intended to violate people's rights," Scott Cole, the lead attorney on Reyes' case, told BI. Reyes' case seeks an injunction requiring Tea to encrypt all data and purge private information, as well as monetary damages as determined by the court. A Tea spokesperson previously told BI in regards to the data breach, "We are working to identify any users whose personal information was involved and will be offering free identity protection services to those individuals."

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