Google filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing China-based cyber criminals of conducting a massive phishing operation targeting millions of credit card holders across the United States.

The criminal network, known as “Lighthouse,” targeted between 15 and 100 million potential cards in the U.S. and impacted “over a million victims,” according to the tech company.

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Google said the cyber-attackers built a sweeping scheme often based on using text messages to warn recipients about a stuck package or an unpaid toll, according to CBS News. Scammers would

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