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FBI busts AI-powered phishing service linked to $1.9B fraud

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The FBI, in collaboration with Google and Lumen Technologies, has dismantled a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation known as Outsider Enterprise. This operation, sold via a Telegram bot for as little as $88 per week, enabled users to create fake websites for banks, delivery services, and government agencies. Notably, the service included tutorials that instructed buyers on how to use Google's Gemini AI to generate the underlying code for these scam sites, circumventing safety filters. The FBI estimates this operation is linked to approximately 3.87 million stolen credit cards and nearly $1.9 billion in losses since July 2023. AI

IMPACT Highlights the use of AI by cybercriminals to generate malicious code and bypass safety filters, necessitating new security measures.

RANK_REASON Law enforcement action against a cybercrime operation using AI tools.

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FBI busts AI-powered phishing service linked to $1.9B fraud

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    FBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AI —$88 cybercrime product linked to $1.9 billion in losses, 3.87 million stolen cards

    The FBI, Google, and Lumen Technologies say they’ve dismantled a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    FBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AI —$88 cybercrime product linked to $1.9 billion in losses, 3.87 milli

    FBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AI —$88 cybercrime product linked to $1.9 billion in losses, 3.87 million stolen cards The FBI, Google, and Lumen Technologies say they’ve dismantled a China-based phishing-as-a-service opera…

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