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
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2026-05-01Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message ScamsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1534
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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
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0052 Phishing
- dates
- happened 1 May 2026 · first reported 1 May 2026
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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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