Google accuses Chinese cybercrime network of using its AI

Google has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese cybercrime network, alleging the hackers are using the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence models and tools to build phishing software to rob consumers.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges the network created a phishing software called “Outsider” that encourages hackers to use normal AI tools like Google’s Gemini to recreate more fraudulent websites.

The Outsider software allegedly tricks victims over text into thinking there is a problem with their brokerage accounts or that they are eligible for rewards through their phone carrier.

From there, a user is sent to a fake website where users are duped into giving their personal and financial information, the suit stated. Victims were allegedly tricked out of millions of dollars, according to Google.

The Outsider software has more than 290 prebuilt templates........

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