June 13, 2026

Google sues Chinese cybercrime ring that used Gemini to build phishing sites and send 2.5 million scam texts

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Google filed a lawsuit on Friday to dismantle the infrastructure behind a Chinese cybercrime operation called Outsider Enterprise. The group used AI, including Google’s own Gemini, to generate phishing websites and send scam text messages impersonati...