Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has confirmed that hackers compromised his X account earlier this week after the profile published a lengthy thread about blockchain-based real-world asset tokenization.
Summary
- Brian Chesky confirmed his X account was hacked after it posted a crypto tokenization thread.
- Airbnb treated the incident as a high-profile compromise and worked with X to secure access.
- The deleted posts praised asset tokenization, prompting questions because they did not promote scams directly.
The posts later disappeared, and Chesky has now responded with a joke about the unexpected audience the incident brought to his account.
In a July 17 post on X, Chesky…
