The Real World data breach
In November 2024, The Real World suffered a data breach that exposed chat logs, email addresses, and usernames. The breach affected 324,382 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- November 15, 2024
- Added to this tracker
- November 22, 2024
- Accounts affected
- 324,382
- Company domain
- therealworld.net
- Data exposed
- Chat logs, email addresses, and usernames
Was my information in the The Real World breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with The Real World before November 2024, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the The Real World breach, the exposed data was chat logs, email addresses, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at The Real World right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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