Airbnb CEO's X Account Hacked, Attacker Posted AI Tokenization Slop

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was hacked, and the attacker posted a thread promoting tokenized real-world assets that was criticized as heavily AI-assisted.

The now-deleted posts argued that tokenization could make buildings, bonds and funds easier to divide, trade and settle. The thread referenced Robinhood's push into tokenized assets, a topic the company has discussed publicly.

The posts did not mention a token sale, wallet address or investment link, making the compromise less obvious than a typical crypto account takeover.

"To the person who hacked my account earlier this week: thanks for all the new crypto followers," 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, which secured the account. It isn't clear how the attacker gained access or who was responsible.