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closedclosed 15 May 2026Breaches & attacks4 Confirmed real-world lossAI

Outsider Enterprise Uses Google Gemini to Generate Phishing Sites

Gemini

Google filed a civil lawsuit alleging that a China-based network utilized Gemini and other AI tools to create thousands of phishing websites for mass text-message scams. The operation deployed millions of fraudulent messages and impacted hundreds of thousands of victims.

first report
1 May 2026
last update
1 May 2026

Timeline · 1

  1. 1 May 2026Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message Scams

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2026-05-01

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
AI-assisted intrusionAI phishing / social engineering
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Google, Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 1 May 2026 · first reported 1 May 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Outsider Enterprise Uses Google Gemini to Generate Phishing Sites

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/outsider-enterprise-uses-google-gemini-to-generate-phishing · AIR-2026-0398 · closed 2026-05-15

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2026-05-01
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Gemini

## Summary

Google filed a civil lawsuit alleging that a China-based network utilized Gemini and other AI tools to create thousands of phishing websites for mass text-message scams. The operation deployed millions of fraudulent messages and impacted hundreds of thousands of victims.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-05-01: Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message Scams (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1534)

## Sources

- 2026-05-01 AI Incident Database: Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message Scams https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1534

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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