--- title: "Hacktivists Leak Chatlogs From Andrew Tate’s Fake Online University" description: "Hackers have targeted a phony \"online university\" founded by Andrew Tate, the far-right influencer and alleged human trafficker." date: "2024-11-22" modified: "2024-11-22" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/andrew-tate-chatlogs-leaked" categories: - "Cybersecurity" - "Future Society" - "Hacking" tags: - "andrew tate" - "hackers" - "hacktivism" - "the digest" --- # Hacktivists Leak Chatlogs From Andrew Tate’s Fake Online University ![Hackers have targeted a phony "online university" founded by Andrew Tate, the far-right influencer and alleged human trafficker.]() *\Image: Andrei Pungovschi via Getty / Futurism\* ## Clearcut Logging Hackers have targeted a phony "online university" founded by the [far-right influencer]() and [alleged human trafficker]() Andrew Tate, gaining access to thousands of files and chatlogs from people who paid for his sketchy lessons. As the [*Daily Dot* reports](), a group of purported "hacktivists" breached private user files on Tate's subscription-based "The Real World" site and leaked the chat logs, exposing the idiotic musings of those who pay the [self-described "misogynist"]() $50 per month for his crank wisdom. "Maybe it’s just the \[mainstream media\], but I am starting to fear for my own safety and the future of the USA," one of the users wrote the day after Donald Trump's assassination attempt earlier this year, per the logs viewed by the *Dot*. "Shootings every day, LGBTQ agenda, the matrix, I live in a very good area with a very good home life but I am sick of all this garbage happening here." Along with breaching the user information and chatlogs, the unidentified group flooded the [notoriously homophobic]() Tate's Rumble chatroom with LGBTQ-themed emoji in the middle of one of his shows. According to one of the *Dot*'s sources with knowledge of the situation, the platform was "hilariously insecure" — as also evidenced by [another hack earlier this year]() exposing nearly a million users' personal information. This lack of security made it easy, per the hackers' own statement to the site, to "upload emojis, delete attachments, crash everyone’s clients, and temporarily ban people." ## Legal Defense Maybe the most interesting question is what else the hackers haven't released yet — and whether it could affect Tate's ongoing legal jeopardy. While it doesn't appear that Tate has responded publicly to the hack, the timing could not be worse for the 37-year-old "Manosophere" icon. As [*Reuters* reported]() earlier in the week, Tate and his brother Tristan both had appeals accepted in a Romanian court, where the influencer faces charges related to [sex trafficking allegations in that country](). Tate is also the subject of a more recent civil suit filed by [women in the United Kingdom]() who claim he raped them. While some social media commentators attempted to [overstate the significance]() of the Romanian appeal and characterize them as [outright dismissals](), [*Newsweek* noted]() that the appeals court merely removed part of the evidence from the sex trafficking case due to inconsistencies in the original indictment. From a minor legal win to a major hacker blow, Tate's clearly had a hell of a week — and we couldn't imagine it happening to a nicer guy. **More on hacktivism:** [*Project 2025 Exec Loses Mind, Threatening "Furry Perverts" After Embarrassing Hack*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()