Andrew Tate’s online education platform The Real World\u2014formerly known as Hustlers University\u2014has been hacked and user data has been stolen.<\/p>\n
Hacktivists flooded the primary chatroom with emojis as proof that they had breached the site. After this they shared approximately 794,000 usernames of, allegedly, the site\u2019s current and former members with the Daily Dot<\/a> and journalism collective DDoSecrets<\/a>.<\/p>\n The stolen chat logs originated from the platform\u2019s 221 public and 395 private chat servers. Included in the data are 794,000 usernames for current and former members, and 324,382 unique email addresses that appear to belong to users who were removed from the main database after they stopped paying their subscriptions.<\/p>\n It’s not clear if this set of email addresses came from a less secure environment or whether the hacktivists just stumbled over those first. A source close to the hacktivists say the platform’s security is \u201chilariously insecure.\u201d <\/p>\n An unpatched vulnerability meant they could “upload emojis, delete attachments, crash everyone\u2019s clients, and temporarily ban people.\u201d All of this must be painful for a platform that claims to teach \u201call digital skills.\u201d <\/p>\n Highly controversial figure Andrew Tate has not responded to the breach yet. <\/p>\n This could be because he is facing other problems. He’s currently under house arrest in Romania, facing trial after being charged with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group<\/a> to sexually exploit women. He is also wanted in the UK to face allegations of sexual assault. He denies all the allegations.<\/p>\n Anyway, there are reasons why clients, especially those that stopped payments, would not like to be associated with The Real World.<\/p>\n There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you want to find out what personal data of yours has been exposed online, you can use our free Digital Footprint scan<\/a>. Fill in the email address you\u2019re curious about (it\u2019s best to submit the one you most frequently use) and we\u2019ll send you a free report.<\/p>\nProtecting yourself after a data breach<\/h2>\n
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