Tea, the viral women’s dating safety app, has turned off direct messages after 404 Media revealed that a vulnerability allowed unauthorized parties to gain access to users’ direct messages, including many in which women discussed their abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another.

Kasra Rahjerdi, the independent security researcher who first flagged the issue to 404 Media, shared a cache of more than a million Tea direct messages that 404 Media then verified. He said the security issue lasted until late last week. Tea announced late Monday it was turning off direct messages altogether.

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Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating

404 Media first contacted Tea about the security issue on Saturday. The company disabled direct messages on Monday after our report.

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