FBI takes out huge AI-powered phishing service: Outsider Enterprise was using over a million phishing URLs to steal…
- FBI dismantled Chinese PhaaS “Outsider Enterprise,” seizing servers, $100k USDT, and Telegram bot
- Service ran ~9,000 fake sites, 1M+ URLs, stealing 3.8M credit cards and causing $1.9B losses
- Google filed civil suit, says crooks blasted 2.5M fraudulent SMS in two weeks targeting Android users
The FB) has dismantled a major Chinese phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called Outsider Enterprise.
In an announcement, the law enforcement agency said it seized multiple administration servers, a Shopify e-commerce storefront, and an account the attackers used to test the PhaaS, mostly SMS-based lures.
The FBI also seized around $100,000 in USDT cryptocurrency, redirected thousands of phishing pages to an FBI announcement site, and seized a Telegram bot that was used to store the stolen information.
Google files a lawsuit
Phishing-as-a-Service is a model where threat actors rent a kit that allows them to easily create fake login pages spoofing major brands, as well as send spam...
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