Introduction In a bold legal move, Google has targeted a massive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation known as “Lighthouse,” responsible for an unprecedented wave of SMS-based scams—or “smishing”—targeting millions of victims worldwide. Exploiting familiar brand names like E-ZPass and Google, Lighthouse has been a key enabler for cybercriminals to harvest sensitive financial and personal data, generating widespread financial and digital harm. The crackdown signals an intensifying effort by tech companies to confront organized cybercrime networks, which now operate with alarming sophistication and reach.

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600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo Google has filed a lawsuit against 25 unnamed China-based scammers, which it claims have stolen more than 115 million credit card numbers in the US as part of the Lighthouse phishing operation.…

The alleged scheme has targeted over a million potential victims.

Google erhebt Klage gegen die Lighthouse-Gang. Die Klageschrift dokumentiert den Ablauf des Phishing-Betrugs. Bringen wird sie wohl wenig.