Andrew Tate Hack: Online course data breached

An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate has been hacked by hackers, exposing the email addresses of around 325,000 users.

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The self-described online university, known as The Real World, offers users “education and mentorship” for about $50 per month. Formerly known as Hustler’s University, the platform focuses on topics such as health and fitness, financial investments and e-commerce businesses.

“Making money is a skill,” the website says. “We’ll show you how to master it.”

On Thursday, the hackers publicized their actions by flooding the course’s main chat room with emojis they uploaded while Tate was streaming an episode of his show “Emergency Meeting” on Rumble.

The emojis included a transgender flag, a feminist fist, an AI-generated image of Tate in a rainbow flag, another with an enlarged buttocks, and the cat character used in the “Boykisser” meme.

The Daily Dot was provided with approximately 794,000 usernames of suspected current and former members of the site, as well as the contents of the platform’s 221 public and 395 private chat servers. A list of 324,382 unique email addresses was also handed over that appeared to belong to users who had been removed for late payments.

In a statement about the breach, the hackers claimed that after accessing the data, they were able to exploit a vulnerability to “upload emojis, delete attachments, crash all clients, and temporarily ban people from the platform.”

The Real World claims to currently have over 113,000 active users. If true, the site would generate at least more than $5,650,000 every month.

A source with knowledge of the breach told the Daily Dot that “hacktivism” was cited as a motive and that the platform’s security was described as “insanely insecure.”

The Daily Dot’s analysis of chat logs shows everything from inspirational quotes and progress updates to complaints about the “LGBTQ agenda.”

“Maybe it’s just the MSM, but I’m starting to fear for my own safety and the future of the USA,” one user wrote after the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “Shootings every day, LGBTQ agenda, the Matrix, I live in a very good area with a very good home life, but I’m tired of all the rubbish that happens here.”

Tate, a 37-year-old former reality TV star and kickboxer, is best known as a leading figure in the “manosphere.” The Manosphere is described as a series of websites, blogs and forums that primarily promote masculinity, although critics argue that a significant portion of the content is toxic in nature.

Tate has previously described himself as a misogynist and is known for his derogatory views towards women. Tate, a dual U.S. and British citizen, is currently awaiting trial on human trafficking charges in Romania.

In total, Tate faces five legal investigations, originating from Romania and the United Kingdom. Other allegations include rape and sex trafficking of minors and forming an organized crime group to sexually exploit women. Tate has denied the allegations.

The email addresses from the dump were shared by the hackers with HaveIBeenPwned, a service that notifies users when their credentials are exposed. These email addresses and chat data were also passed on to the journalist collective DDoSecrets, which hosts hacked and leaked data in the public interest.

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