Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a post on X that his account was hacked last week. According to Tenev, the attacker used social engineering to deceive X customer support, bypassing standard security protections including two-factor authentication and login alerts. The compromised account was then used to publish false content related to meme coins. Tenev said X’s security team helped remove the posts and restore access to the account. He also said additional security protections have since been added. The statement identifies social engineering against platform support channels as the method used in the breach, rather than a direct defeat of the account holder’s own security settings alone. No further details on the specific fake posts or the added protections were disclosed in the source material.
Robinhood Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev said on X that his account was hacked last week.
Tenev said the attacker used social engineering to trick X customer support, bypassing standard security features including two-factor authentication and login notifications, and then posted false content about meme coins.
He said X’s security team helped remove the posts and restore access to the account. Additional security measures have since been added to protect the account, according to his statement.
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