A previously disclosed hack affecting Tea, a women-only dating advice app, was more extensive than previously thought, the company said Monday. Tea's investigation of the incident found that app users' direct messages had been breached,

Tea, an app where women share anonymous dating reviews, is going viral. It hit No. 1 on the US Apple App Store this week.

A spokesperson for Tea confirmed the hack to ABC News Friday afternoon, noting it involved a database that stored around 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification submitted as users sought to verify their accounts, as well as nearly 60,000 images viewable for all app users.

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.

Tea Dating Advice app rocketed to the top of Apple’s app store this week. It’s used for women to report issues with men. The point is helping keep women safe — but what about the legal issues around privacy and defamation?