Branson explained that the modus operandi of these webpages is mimicking social media profiles of celebrities such as Bill Gates and British journalist Martin Lewis. They even pose as well-known media agencies like CNN. This in turn has resulted in the prohibition of cryptocurrency-related ads<\/a><\/strong> and commercials in social platforms like Facebook, in order to avoid the cryptojacking.<\/strong><\/p>\n At the time, Lewis filed a lawsuit against the aforementioned platform for having allowed unauthorized advertisements with his image, despite the current ban upon them. However, it is unknown if the CEO of Virgin will take similar actions, although in his post he openly criticizes social media corporations for their inability to deal with these inconveniences:<\/p>\n \u201cWe also contact the social networks where the fake stories are being spread and urge them to take the stories down and do more to proactively stop them appearing in the first place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Since the advent of digital currencies, criminal cases related to them have escalated to unprecedented levels. A lot of crypto-exchanges and public websites have been found in compromised situations due to continuous phishing and hacking cases, more and more elaborated.<\/p>\n Last week, it was made public the lawsuit filed by several of MyEtherWallet\u2019s customers, in regards to the cryptocurrency theft that took place after a group of hackers modified certain public DNSs to gain access to its wallet\u2019s private keys.<\/p>\n![\"Virgin](\"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/virgin-group.jpg\")
<\/p>\nCrypto-frauds<\/strong><\/h2>\n