TL;DRGoogle has sued a suspected Chinese cybercrime group called the Outsider Enterprise for sending 2.5 million fraudulent text messages to Android users. The scammers allegedly used Google’s Gemini chatbot to code malicious websites, coordinated via Telegram, and generated 9,000 fake sites and over one million fraudulent URLs.
Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation it calls the Outsider Enterprise, alleging the group sent more than 2.5 million fraudulent text messages to Android users over a two-week period in May. The messages contained links to fake websites designed to steal personal information, and the scammers reportedly used Google’s own Gemini chatbot to help build those sites.
The complaint, first reported by Bloomberg, accuses the network of targeting hundreds of thousands of people across the United States. According to Google, the operation generated 9,000 fake websites and more than one million fraudulent URLs.
How the operation worked
The Outsider Enterprise coordinated through Telegram, distributing links via text messages that impersonated Google and other trusted brands. The messages contained urgent warnings about supposedly compromised accounts or alerts about package tracking.
