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Google Sues AI Smishing Network Behind Billions in Fraud

Google has filed a RICO lawsuit against the AI-powered 'Outsider' smishing network, exposing an industrialized text-scam economy that rents for 88 dollars a week. Here is what the case means for employee awareness on mobile.

James Thornton·8/10/2026·6 min read