Cybercriminals Reportedly Exploited Google’s G.Co Subdomain and Spoofed Caller ID in AI-Driven Phishing Attack on Hack Club Founder
Date: 2025-02-20
Affected: Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Google Staff, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology, Voice Phishers
Attack vector: rce
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #942: Cybercriminals Reportedly Exploited Google’s G.Co Subdomain and Spoofed Caller ID in AI-Driven Phishing Attack on Hack Club Founder. Alleged deployer/developer: Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Google Staff, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology, Voice Phishers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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