Cybersecurity experts warn that artificial intelligence has become a powerful tool for online scammers, allowing them to build and launch fraudulent websites faster and in far greater volume than ever before. According to specialists cited in a recent report, security systems are now detecting and blocking around 130,000 fake internet pages every single day.
These sites typically mimic banks, retailers, government agencies, or well-known brands in order to trick visitors into handing over personal data, passwords, or payment information—a tactic commonly known as phishing. What used to require significant time and technical skill can now be automated with AI tools, letting criminal networks generate convincing fake pages, emails, and even chat interactions in bulk and with little effort.
The sheer scale of the problem means that traditional, manual methods of identifying and shutting down scam sites are struggling to keep pace. Security firms are having to rely on their own automated detection systems just to match the speed at which fraudulent pages are appearing online.
The trend underscores a broader shift in cybercrime, where AI is lowering the barrier to entry for scammers while raising the stakes for everyday internet users trying to tell real websites from fake ones. For the full details, take a look at the original report.
Source: Ciberdelincuentes usan la IA para operar a gran escala; se bloquean 130 mil páginas falsas al día (jornada.com.mx). English version produced with AI assistance.
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