Its full name is Tea Dating Advice, and the central idea is a women-only app that gives those who are dating the ability to access background checks on men. This includes whether they have a criminal record (or if they're sex offenders), as well as reverse image searching to identify catfishing (assuming a false identity online).

A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app for women to share details of men they might date.

Tea, a phone app where women can review dates with men so other women can leave comments, was hacked over the weekend and 13,000 user selfies and photo IDs were released. The company says it has hired cybersecurity experts to secure the systems.