Google files a lawsuit against a China-based cybercrime network it says uses Google’s Gemini AI to automate and scale phishing and financial scams. Across multiple reports, the network is described as managing “phishing-as-a-service” infrastructure, including a software kit referred to as “Outsider.” Google alleges the group uses Gemini to generate or support scam content and to operate campaigns that send fraudulent text messages to targets, described as smishing, aimed at people in the United States. The alleged operation also includes the creation and use of large numbers of fake websites and fraudulent URLs. Reported figures vary by outlet but generally align on thousands of fake sites and large volumes of message activity. One account cites around 9,000 fake websites and about 1 million fraudulent URLs; another describes roughly 2.5 million messages, with the network targeting hundreds of thousands of victims. Google seeks legal action through the U.S. federal court system and frames the suit as part of broader efforts to address fraud that uses AI tools to increase the scale and credibility of criminal activity.