The Tea app, intended as a women-only dating platform, experienced a significant data breach exposing over 72,000 verification selfies, IDs, and private messages after its backend database was found unsecured. Hackers accessed more than 59 GB of sensitive data, which quickly spread online, including current users' information contradicting claims that only older data was breached. The app, which gained popularity with 4 million users, aimed to provide a safe online space for women but inadvertently put its users' privacy at risk. Security experts criticized the app's reliance on 'vibe coding', a method where developers use AI to create applications without proper security checks. The breach has led to discussions about the dangers of using generative AI in programming, raising concerns over both functionality and security flaws in AI-generated code. Users are now advised to consider credit monitoring due to their compromised personal information.

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