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," San Francisco-based Tea said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.

A women's dating safety app that promised privacy is now facing backlash after two back-to-back breaches exposed deeply personal data, from selfies to sensitive conversations.

Around 72,000 selfies and ID photos were exposed after being stored in a "legacy data system" containing information from more than two years ago. Recent DMs might also have been accessed.