When domestic violence survivors are often silenced or fear seeking help, this anonymous platform gives them a place to give and receive support.

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.

The data breach at Tea, the app that lets women post anonymous reviews of men, was bigger than initially reported and included private messages.