Google SDNY civil lawsuit against Lighthouse
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Google filed a civil lawsuit in SDNY against the operators of Lighthouse, seeking to dismantle a PhaaS operation tied to phishing abuse across 120 countries and over 1 million users. The case matters because the alleged infrastructure was used to steal financial information through large-scale SMS phishing and brand impersonation. Google said the operation abused trusted names like E-ZPass and USPS and used 107 Google-branded templates to make fake sign-in pages look legitimate. The lawsuit aims to disrupt the underlying fraud infrastructure and reduce further brand abuse and credential theft.
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12.11.2025 17:48 3 articles · 7mo ago
Google files SDNY lawsuit over Lighthouse phishing platform
Legal Policy Action UpdateGoogle filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against China-based hackers behind the Lighthouse Phishing-as-a-Service platform, alleging large-scale SMS phishing that used fake toll-fee and package-delivery lures to steal financial information and fraudulent sign-in pages with Google branding. The complaint says Lighthouse ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries, cites at least 107 website templates featuring Google's branding, and seeks to dismantle the underlying infrastructure under the RICO Act, the Lanham Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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- Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform — thehackernews.com — 12.11.2025 17:48
- Google Files Lawsuit to Dismantle 'Lighthouse' Smishing Kit — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 14.11.2025 11:45
- Chinese Threat Actors Ditch Static Phishing Pages for Live Credential Interception — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 26.05.2026 17:45