India, July 26 -- Tea app, which went viral for its concept of a 'safe place' for women to talk about men, faced a massive data breach, the company confirmed. A spokesperson, according to NBC News, said that about 72,000 images, including 13,000 verification photos and images of government IDs, were leaked. This comes after screenshots of these images appeared on a 4chan bulletin board.

Some users posted about another error on social media. They said the 'screen was not loading'. The company is yet to address this issue.

The application was designed as a virtual whisper network for women to share photos and comments about men, labeling them as 'red flags' or 'green flags'. It rocketed to the top of the Apple App Store's free app chart t...