Published on: November 27, 2024
Online personality Andrew Tate recently had his online university, The Real World, breached by hackers, resulting in more than 800,000 customers having their data stolen.
The Real World is an online website that sells courses on how to make money over the internet through activities like dropshipping, e-commerce, and more. In the past, Tate sold similar courses educating men on how to leverage women to generate income.
Andrew Tate is a self-described misogynist behind projects like Hustler’s University (a pick-up artist course) and multiple cam-girl businesses. Hustler’s University has since rebranded into The Real World site and currently generates roughly $5.65 million per year.
Tate is also currently under house arrest while Romanian authorities investigate him and his brother for a range of criminal activities, including money laundering, sex crimes, and alleged sex trafficking charges.
Online hacktivists cracked into his website and claimed that it was because it was ridiculously insecure and not able to withstand basic attacks.
As a far-right influencer, Tate has spoken out in opposition to movements like Feminism or trans acceptance. Because of this, the hacktivists who stole his site spammed forums with feminist emojis and trans flag icons, including displaying a picture of Tate himself with a trans acceptance flag draped over him.
The hackers also obtained over 794,000 usernames and more than 324,000 unique email addresses in addition to leaking 395 private chat servers that were unavailable to the public. The hack devastated Tate’s website and exposed a large portion of its current and older subscribers.
This all took place while Tate was live-streaming on Rumble. The hacktivists turned in all of the stolen data to Have I Been Pwned, a site that specializes in scanning the dark web and data brokers for stolen data. If you believe you were affected, use Have I Been Pwned to make sure your data isn’t floating around.