The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked.

Tea Dating Advice allows women to vet their dates, using crowdsourced information and public records to evaluate men.

Tea, an app where women can swap information about men, went viral this week, riding a flood of attention on social media. It soon rocketed to the No. 1 slot in the Apple App Store’s lifestyle category, and then, promptly, the app was hacked.

A major data breach has compromised the safety and privacy of users on Tea, an anonymous dating app designed for women. Cybersecurity reports indicate that hack