June 26, 2026
A New York federal judge Friday barred an alleged Chinese cybercrime operation from having its members use Google's Gemini and other artificial intelligence tools to carry out bogus text message scams, saying Google demonstrated that the enterprise has "threatened the security of the internet" through its phishing schemes.
June 12, 2026
Google sued a Chinese cybercrime operation in New York federal court Friday, alleging the group has created "plug-and-play" phishing software that uses Google's Gemini and other artificial intelligence tools to help scammers quickly build scam websites, which have already been used to defraud over 100,000 victims.