Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was hacked and the attacker posted a thread promoting tokenized real-world assets (RWA) that was criticized as being heavily AI-assisted.
The now-deleted posts claimed that tokenization could make it easier to share, trade and settle buildings, bonds and funds. The thread referred to trading platform Robinhood’s push into tokenized assets.
The posts did not mention a token sale, wallet or token address, or investment link, making the compromise less obvious than a typical crypto account buyout.
“To the person who hacked my account earlier this week: thanks for all the new crypto subscribers,” Chesky wrote after regaining access. “To my new crypto followers: I’m going to be a very disappointing follow.”
Airbnb reported the incident to X, who secured the account. It is not clear how the attacker gained access or who was responsible.
