Google sues Chinese hacker group which allegedly stole $1 billion from a million victims

• Google sues Lighthouse Enterprise for running a global phishing-as-a-service fraud operation
• The kit enabled 200,000 fake sites in 20 days, targeting over a million victims worldwide
• Lighthouse misused Google assets and may have compromised up to 115 million US credit cards

Google has sued the “Lighthouse Enterprise” - a major Chinese global fraud operation which facilitated the theft of millions of credit cards and hundreds of millions of dollars.

In a federal lawsuit recently filed in the Southern District of New York, Google revealed plans to sue a group of foreign criminals for running a massive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation.

According to the complaint, the group created and sold a phishing kit called Lighthouse, which allowed even newbie criminals to build fake websites that mimicked trusted institutions. The kit, advertised through Telegram and YouTube, offered hundreds of pre-made templates and tools to launch large-scale smishing and e-commerce scams ...