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Google Sues Hackers Capitalizing on AI Hype With Alleged Bard Scams

In Consumer Alerts
November 13, 2023

Gizmodo reports:

Ads for fake versions of Google’s generative AI tool, Bard, are showing up on Facebook to steal social media accounts of U.S. small businesses, according to a lawsuit from Google filed Monday.

The phony Facebook ads ask users to download Bard, but the AI doesn’t need to be downloaded – it’s a completely web-based product. Naive users actually downloaded malware that stole social media credentials and compromised their accounts. Google’s lawsuit aims to disable any current domains related to the trap and bar the alleged fraudsters, located in Vietnam and India, from setting up any more. 

Read more at Gizmodo.