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

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Google has filed suit against a Chinese cybercrime group called Outsider Enterprise, accusing them of operating a massive AI-powered scam. According to TechCrunch, the operation sent 2.5 million text messages over just two weeks, targeting hundreds of thousands of victims. The group allegedly used artificial intelligence to automate and scale what appears to be a phishing scheme, exploiting the technology to reach an unprecedented number of people in a short window.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/chinese-cybercrime-oper...

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