Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google

🇺🇸 TechCrunch·Jun 12, 20264:38 PM EDT·EN·2 min read
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Google has filed a lawsuit against 'Outsider Enterprise,' a China-based cybercrime network accused of using artificial intelligence to automate large-scale phishing campaigns. The group allegedly leveraged AI tools to generate convincing fraudulent messages, targeting over a hundred thousand individuals within a two-week window.

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