Google brings first US suit over abuse of its AI products by 'massive' phishing
By Mike Swift ( June 12, 2026, 09:01 GMT | Insight) -- Google has filed its first lawsuit over misuse of its Gemini AI products, targeting the China-based “Outsider” phishing enterprise, which allegedly enabled criminals to launch AI-generated phishing campaigns for as little as $88 per week. Google says Outsider created more than 1.5 million fake websites and sent millions of scam texts. The suit seeks RICO and trademark-law remedies while Google also backs federal anti-scam legislation, including Representative Josh Harder’s Stop SCAMS Act.In Google’s first lawsuit against cybercriminals using its Gemini AI products, the tech giant filed a federal civil suit in New York Friday against fraudsters who it says used artificial intelligence to send a tsunami of targeted phishing texts that defrauded millions of people around the world....
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