Google sues an AI phishing ring that stole $1.9B — and used Gemini to do it
google sued 'outsider enterprise,' a chinese group that used ai to generate phishing sites and stole $1.9b from victims. the case highlights the growing threat of ai-powered cybercrime and the dual-use nature of generative ai models.
google is suing 'outsider enterprise,' a chinese cybercrime network that allegedly used ai tools to operate a massive phishing-as-a-service platform, resulting in an estimated $1.9 billion in losses and 3.87 million stolen credit cards. the group employed ai to rapidly clone legitimate websites and send millions of fraudulent sms messages, coordinating operations via telegram and exploiting google cloud infrastructure. the lawsuit seeks to disrupt these operations and seize domains, representing a major escalation in tech companies' use of legal systems to combat ai-enabled threats. this development underscores the urgent challenge of policing dual-use ai technologies as they increasingly fuel sophisticated criminal enterprises.