So this afternoon I received an Airbnb app notification on my phone inviting me to continue my search for places to stay in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Here's the problem: I was not searching for places in Dunwoody, Georgia.
I checked all my security settings (all good) and called Airbnb C/S. While on the phone with a C/S rep, I suddenly could not access my account - I got the old 'Sorry, something went wrong' message. My initial thought was perhaps, like David in Colorado and other erstwhile Super Hosts before me, I was being 'removed' from the platform without explanation. The C/S/ rep couldn't see anything to indicate searches were being done on my account, but advised me to change my password after he reset it for me (which I did), and then I was (mercifully) able to log back into my account. And yet, when I went to https://airbnb.com, lo and behold, there, quite obviously, was my supposed search for Dunwoody, Georgia (see photo, below). How did the C/S/ rep miss this?!
I don't keep any payment options loaded into my account so the account compromiser wouldn't have gotten very far. I DID have my Facebook linked up to Airbnb and I do wonder if the token was accessed via the security breach Facebook had recently (affecting 90 million or so people now, reportedly). I disconnected the two after I found out about the possible token breach. Or, perhaps it was just another 'computer glitch', or "bug" - Which was the C/S rep's hopeful assessment of the matter.
So, you all might want to go to Airbnb.com while you are logged in to see if any searches are being done via your account. Searches not initiated by you.
How the C/S rep missed this, I'll never know, it's plain as day to me (screenshot here):
Who used my account to search for places in Dunwoody?