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Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message Scams
- Occurred
- May 1, 2026
- Published
- Jun 15, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Google alleged in a civil lawsuit that the China-based network Outsider Enterprise used Gemini and other AI tools to help create phishing websites for large-scale text-message scams impersonating companies and government services. Google said the network coordinated through Telegram, generated thousands of fake sites and fraudulent URLs, sent 2.5 million Android messages during a two-week period in May 2026, and financially scammed hundreds of thousands of people.
Developers
- Google DeepMind
- Large language model developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Outsider Enterprise
- Scammers in China
- Cybercriminals
- Cybercriminals in China
Harmed parties
- Google users
- Android users
- Consumers
- E-ZPass
- United States Postal Service
- YouTube
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI model Gemini was used to create phishing sites for large-scale scams, causing financial harm and legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8