Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Group Using Gemini AI for Phishing Scams

Google has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese cybercrime group called Outsider Enterprise, which operates via Telegram and offers phishing-as-a-service. The group used Google’s Gemini AI to create fraudulent websites mimicking Google, YouTube, and government agencies like New York’s E-ZPass, providing nearly 300 scam templates. Google collaborated with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to block malicious text messages linked to the operation. The company’s on-device scam detection in Google Messages, powered by AI, blocks approximately 10 billion scam texts monthly and likely intercepted some of Outsider Enterprise’s activity. No specific dates or CVE IDs were mentioned in the filing.