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incidents/AIR-2026-0398

Outsider Enterprise Uses Google Gemini to Generate Phishing Sites

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossAI-assisted intrusionAI phishing / social engineering

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.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-assisted intrusionprimary
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Google, Individuals
products
Gemini
incident date
1 May 2026
first reported
1 May 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
phishing · smishing · ai_assisted_attack · lawsuit
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-05-01
    Google Alleged Outsider Enterprise Used Gemini to Create Phishing Sites for Text-Message Scams
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1534

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