{"slug": "google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts", "title": "Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts", "summary": "Google filed a lawsuit Friday against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network, Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using AI to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers. The tech giant said the operation has financially scammed hundreds of thousands of victims with losses in the millions, deploying 9,000 fake websites and 1 million fraudulent web domains. Google is working with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and the FBI to block the scam texts and pursue law enforcement actions.", "body_md": "Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation.\n\nOn Friday, the tech giant [announced](http://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/combatting-ai-scams/) a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers.\n\nOutsider Enterprise has financially scammed “hundreds of thousands of victims” with losses “estimated in the millions.” The group deployed 9,000 fake websites, 1 million fraudulent web domains, and 2.5 million texts sent to Android users in a two-week period, according to Google.\n\nThe company said, “55,000 spam texts were flagged by Android users in just two weeks this past May — that’s more than two text spam complaints a minute.”\n\nGoogle said it uses “AI-powered tools to fight AI-powered scams,” which enable the company to detect scams and alert users of suspicious calls and text messages, leading to the interception of more than 10 billion scam messages a month.\n\nThe company said it has been collaborating with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon to block the scam text messages and said it is coordinating with the FBI, which is taking unspecified law enforcement actions.\n\nThe FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts/", "published_at": "2026-06-12 17:26:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-12 19:04:54.362083+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "Outsider Enterprise", "AT&T", "T-Mobile", "Verizon", "FBI", "Android"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-sues-alleged-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-send-scam-texts.jsonld"}}