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Amber Bouman

Tea app shuts down messaging following second data breach after government IDs and user selfies exposed online

A nervous woman looking at her phone.

The problems with the data leak at the Tea app have grown since the initial news broke last week and now include two data exposure incidents that put the personal info of thousands of users at risk online.

So what happened with the app that suddenly sprang into the number one position on the App Store and then suddenly into the spotlight for problems and user issues?

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