Google filed a lawsuit targeting a cybercrime operation called “Outsider Enterprise.”
The company alleges in the filing reported by The Daily Caller that the entity is “a group of foreign-based cybercriminals who have made sophisticated fraud as simple as a few clicks of the mouse.” The network “built, maintained, and used a turn-key, online software suite that enables criminals, regardless of technical skill, to publish fraudulent websites designed to rob victims and enrich themselves.”
“With this ‘phishing-for-dummies’ software—called ‘Outsider’—fraud that previously required technical sophistication is readily accessible,” the complaint says. “And the threat is only growing with the use of artificial intelligence (‘AI’). In late 2025, phishing attacks generated using artificial intelligence reportedly increased more than fourteenfold and now account for over half of all reported phishing incidents.”
Google General Counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado wrote in a blog post, “You’ve seen the texts: fake package alerts, urgent bank warnings, panicked messages about your compromised account. Behind them is an AI-powered cybercrime network built to steal your passwords and credit cards.”
“We’re filing a lawsuit to dismantle their infrastructure, coordinating with the FBI who will be taking law enforcement actions, and will continue to work with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to block these texts before they reach you,” he continued. “Litigation alone won’t end this. So Google is also advocating for federal legislation to make these protections permanent.”
Last year, Google filed a similar lawsuit against a Chinese cybercrime entity. The lawsuit, filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the Lanham Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), targets the group’s phishing-as-a-service platform known as “Lighthouse.”
