Google has announced a coordinated takedown of an alleged China-based cybercrime network called “Outsider Enterprise,” accusing the group of using Google’s own Gemini AI and other services to fuel a massive phishing operation. Google said the network sold phishing kits on Telegram that allowed even low-skilled criminals to run fake text message campaigns mimicking trusted brands, including Google, YouTube, the U.S. Postal Service, and New York's E-ZPass toll system. The company traced the group to over 9,000 phony websites and over a million scam URLs. Within two weeks, almost 55,000 spam texts were reported by Android users, and 2.5 million messages with malicious links were sent to Android devices. Google estimates hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted, with financial losses in the millions of dollars. The “Outsider” phishing platform had more than 290 ready-made templates for impersonating banks, retailers, telecom providers and government agencies, and sold subscriptions for as little as $88 per week. Google said it is working with the FBI and major U.S. carriers, such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, to disrupt the campaign. Google’s general counsel Halima DeLaine Prado said the lawsuit was the company’s first coordinated legal effort of this magnitude. Google also deploys AI-powered defenses across Android and Google Messages, blocking more than 10 billion malicious messages a month.