Forensic Summary
Google has filed suit against a Chinese cybercrime network operating the Outsider phishing-as-a-service kit, which exploited Gemini AI to generate fraudulent phishing pages and power large-scale SMS phishing attacks against Americans. The network used carefully framed prompts — disguised as benign programming requests — to bypass AI safety controls and produce functional credential-harvesting websites. The case illustrates the growing industrialisation of AI-assisted phishing infrastructure, with over 1.59 million malicious URLs and 100,000 victims attributed to the operation.
Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/gemini-ai-weaponised-by-chinese-phaas-network-in-mass-smishing-campaign/
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