Crypto and Fintech

Ripple Labs Inc.

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About

Ripple Labs Inc. is an American technology company that develops the XRP Ledger, a decentralized blockchain designed for fast, low-cost global payments. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ripple provides enterprise-grade blockchain solutions to financial institutions and central banks worldwide. The company has faced widespread brand impersonation campaigns, fraudulent XRP giveaway scams, and deepfake video content featuring its executives used to defraud investors.

Threat landscape

As a leading blockchain payments company, Ripple Labs faces an exceptionally high volume of brand abuse. Threat actors exploit Ripple's mainstream recognition to launch fraudulent XRP giveaway campaigns, deploy deepfake videos of CEO Brad Garlinghouse on YouTube and social media, create clone websites that impersonate Ripple's exchange interfaces, and distribute phishing links via email and SMS targeting XRP holders. The combination of crypto's pseudonymous nature and Ripple's high-profile SEC litigation has made it one of the most impersonated brands in the digital asset space.

Resolved cases

Deepfake / Executive Fraud

REMOVEDResolved in 6 hoursNov 14, 2025

Deepfake Brad Garlinghouse XRP Giveaway

A coordinated campaign deployed AI-generated deepfake videos of Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse across YouTube, X, and TikTok, promising viewers a fraudulent XRP airdrop in exchange for sending cryptocurrency to a wallet address. The videos accumulated over 2.4 million views before EzlaScan identified the campaign, filed DMCA takedowns with each platform, and coordinated with Cloudflare to null-route the associated phishing domains within 6 hours of initial detection.

YouTubeXTikTok

Phishing

REMOVEDResolved in 12 hoursAug 22, 2025

Fake Ripple Exchange Platform

Threat actors registered ripple-exchange[.]io and deployed a pixel-perfect clone of ripple.com with a fraudulent wallet-connect integration designed to drain connected wallets. The site used a valid SSL certificate and ran Google Ads targeting 'buy XRP' keywords. EzlaScan detected the domain via automated brand monitoring, submitted abuse reports to the registrar and Google Ads, and achieved full takedown within 12 hours. The phishing domain had been live for less than 48 hours before removal.

CloudflareGoogle Ads

Phishing

REMOVEDResolved in 24 hoursJun 3, 2025

XRP Airdrop SMS Phishing Campaign

A mass SMS campaign targeted over 50,000 phone numbers with messages impersonating Ripple Labs, directing recipients to a credential-harvesting site disguised as an XRP airdrop claim page. EzlaScan coordinated with telecommunications providers and the domain registrar to shut down the operation, resulting in domain seizure and SMS gateway termination within 24 hours.

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Recent enforcement activity

Feb 2026 · 8 hours
Phishing domain fake-ripple-wallet[.]com seized
Domain registrar complied with abuse report and suspended the domain.
Jan 2026 · 3 hours
YouTube deepfake livestream removed
Fraudulent livestream using AI-generated Garlinghouse likeness taken down via DMCA.
Jan 2026 · 18 hours
Fake @RippleXRP_ account suspended on X
Impersonation account with 12K followers removed after trademark report.