FBI, Google Dismantle ‘Outsider Enterprise’ Phishing Service

The FBI and Google have successfully dismantled Outsider Enterprise, a massive China-based phishing-as-a-service platform that operated since 2023 and caused an estimated 1.9 billion dollars in losses through the theft of nearly 4 million credit cards. The operation, which targeted victims across 55 countries primarily through text message campaigns, sent over 2.5 million phishing messages in just a two-week period this past May. As part of the takedown, authorities seized domains, cryptocurrency assets worth about 100,000 dollars, and Google filed a lawsuit while partnering with major carriers to block the fraudulent messages going forward.