An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate was breached by hackers, revealing the email addresses of roughly 325,000 users.

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

“Money making is a skill,” the website states. “We will teach you how to master it.”

On Thursday, the hackers made their actions known by flooding the course’s primary chatroom 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 draped in a rainbow flag, another where his buttocks are enlarged, and the cat character used in the “boykisser” meme.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      611 month ago

      Time to become a scammer and financially ruin the kind of dumb men who would fall for this?

        • @[email protected]
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          141 month ago

          I don’t know.

          I think alienation is what drove droves of young men to this clown, so perhaps we shouldn’t try and alienate them more by scamming them and try and understand what the appeal of Tate was/is and work to fix that.

          • @[email protected]
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            121 month ago

            I think i read something or maybe listened to a podcast, where they theorized that Tate got his audience around the time when Jordan Peterson left the “guardian of young men” role. I think it kinda stands to reason that young men don’t really have decent men as mentors or role models these days.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 month ago

            No, no, no. Tate is scamming them and they love it. They need scammed until they get their fill. In the meantime, why not profit like Tate, Alex Jones, Tim Pool and Glen Beck? Maybe sell some nice, Freedom Ass Tanning lotion.

            • @[email protected]
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              71 month ago

              I only steal from corporations, however bad the individual may be. That’s just my moral compass though.

              • Krzd
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                And only if the corporation is big enough. Don’t steal from your local corner store.

                And also, don’t steal for profit.

                I work at a hardware store, and if you steal some small shit like a file/screwdriver/whatever, you’re good. If I see you stealing 5k in light fixtures, tools, and batteries, I’ll get my bonus thank you very much.

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                  31 month ago

                  Corporation by definition is a large company or group of companies.

                  I would class my local corner shop as stealing from people, as in it’s an individual or families livelihood.

                  I agree on not taking the piss though and stealing £5k in light fixtures. If only corporations would have such limitations in their theft.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      Sadly many people pony up for these scams out of desperation despite being unable to afford them.

  • @[email protected]
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    1411 month ago

    The Daily Dot was provided with approximately 794,000 usernames for what are believed to be the site’s current and former members, as well as the contents of the platform’s 221 public and 395 private chat servers. […] The Real World claims it currently has over 113,000 active users. If accurate, the site at minimum would generate upwards of $5,650,000 every month.

    Jesus, why is this bullshit that large?

      • ditty
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        71 month ago

        Idiots falling for authoritarian charisma

        so hot right now

    • @[email protected]
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      I mean, that’s about one moderately sized cities worth of people out of probably most of the world, since I assume they don’t only serve US customers

      Edit: for context the state of Nebraska, famously the least populous state in the union has about 1.9 million residents

  • @[email protected]
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    1021 month ago

    Oh. My. Fucking. God.

    That many people, actually signed up, and gave him money.

    That’s a lot of fucking Darwin awards.

  • @[email protected]
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    881 month ago

    Hi mom I just enrolled in the university of a guy who traffics sex slaves and thinks all women should be one

  • @[email protected]
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    561 month ago

    I sometimes work for a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be allowed to vote. He’s genuinely kind, but not at all academic. It is entirely the fault of low-effort internet bullshit like this. It’s actually very upsetting to see somebody poisoned by social media in real-time.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        Group think and tribalism is very powerful. I used to be a Trump supporter and I remember thinking about how women were more likely to vote for progressive candidates with the conclusion that perhaps they shouldn’t be doing that. I now very deeply regret being part of that and I’m so grateful I broke free of all that nonsense. Monkey see, monkey do is very true. That’s why it’s important that our leaders demonstrate good behavior and set a good example for everyone.

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        21 month ago

        I don’t really believe in free will, so I take a different position to you regarding individual moral failings. He’s obviously confused, and I’m glad I can offer the occasional course correction. If I didn’t have compassion, that wouldn’t be possible.

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      61 month ago

      I’m sorry you have to work for him, and I’m doubly sorry for any women who have to work with him. He’s not genuinely kind. It doesn’t take an academic to see half the human population as humans deserving of the same rights as the other half.

      I agree about how upsetting it’s been though. My neigbour and I used to share bbq over the fence and shoot the shit about his life. Now he’s got crazy eyes and legit thinks and says that my wife and I are evil witches (and whatever qanonsense his feed fed him yesterday). I miss the peace I had in my own backyard pre-2016, but here we are.

      btw, a lot of effort goes into the misogynist fascist takeover of our public spaces (including online). None of this just happened because (for example, one genesis myth is) low income white boys were bored on the internet. They’ve been groomed for hate and it’s all deliberate.

    • nifty
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      I think if you ask people why enough times and just say that doesn’t make sense, they find the flaw in their own poor judgments

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          I guess I just don’t meet that type of person enough. It could also be that many social media accounts are bots or agents, so there was never any chance of convincing them of anything, or any expectation of reasonable behavior

  • @[email protected]
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    421 month ago

    A University a.k.a. “Buy this ebook to make money online!” and the contents are “Just resell this Ebook lol”.

  • @[email protected]
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    381 month ago

    Boot camps for adults that don’t actually want to do any real work along with a get rich quick incel overtone. What a scam.

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    291 month ago

    These hackers have fantastic values, and the effort they put into this made the world a slightly better place. Good on em.

    (next on the block: Jordan Peterson’s School for Very Logical Manbabies)

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    For anyone not aware, the entire breach has been published by DDOSecrets and can be torrented by anyone.

    For research and journalism purposes, of course.

  • @[email protected]
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    241 month ago

    If everyone on that list was closely monitored from here, probably the end of school shootings.

  • Phoenixz
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    231 month ago

    Oohh, where can I find this list? My wife’s ex is one of those sad little men who follows and recommends him everywhere