# Verizon

Type: Company

Source: Cyber Intelligence Brief — https://getcyberbrief.com/entity/verizon
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## Timeline

- **2026-06-12**: Google Files Federal Lawsuit — Google announces a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against Outsider Enterprise, alleging widespread use of Gemini AI to automate scams and seeking injunctive relief and damages.
- **2026-05**: 55,000 Scam Texts in Two Weeks — In a two-week period during May 2026, Outsider Enterprise sent 55,000 phishing text messages to Android users, part of a campaign eventually totaling over 2.5 million.

## Recent coverage (2 stories)

### 9,000 Fake Sites, 2.5M Texts: Inside Google’s AI‑Phishing Lawsuit
2026-06-12 22:22:40 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

The Outsider Enterprise case reveals the staggering metrics of an AI‑driven smishing campaign: 9,000 fake websites, one million domains, and 2.5 million texts in two weeks. It also highlights how Google and its telecom partners are using AI to intercept billions of scam messages.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/google-outsider-enterprise-ai-phishing-lawsuit-cyber

### Google Exposes Chinese Phishing Ring Behind 9,000 AI-Generated Fake Sites
2026-06-12 19:03:49 · Sentiment: Very Bearish · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

A technical deep-dive into how Outsider Enterprise leveraged Gemini AI to generate 9,000 convincing phishing sites, scaling social engineering and prompting countermeasures from Google and US carriers.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/google-exposes-chinese-phishing-ring-9000-fake-sites

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