Google has filed a legal action against Outsider Enterprise, a Chinese cybercrime group accused of running a massive scam operation utilizing AI-powered techniques. According to the lawsuit, Outsider Enterprise offers phishing-as-a-service through Telegram, providing instructions on how to utilize Google's Gemini AI for creating fake websites mimicking those of Google, YouTube, and government agencies like New York’s E-ZPass.
These scams resulted in over 2.5 million text messages being sent to Android users, with nearly 300 scam templates offered by the group. Google has tracked over 9,000 fake websites and 1 million URLs linked to the scam network.
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