Tea's investigation of the incident found that app users' direct messages had been breached, along with some of their photos. "Out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the affected system offline," Tea said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.

Tea, a dating advice app which shot up in popularity in the US, has revealed that it has turned off direct messages in its attempt to mitigate the cybersecurity hack which led to the leak of private messages exposing client details and sensitive content. In a post on its Instagram page, the app’s management made the announcement and said,

The Tea app has reportedly disabled its DMs after inadvertently exposing its female users' chats amid a data hack.