What are Firebase scams? Why India asked Google to take down fake banking sites

India has stepped up its crackdown on online scams involving Google’s Firebase platform after officials found a pattern of fraudsters using the service to create fake banking websites, distribute malicious apps and steal sensitive financial information from victims’ phones, Reuters reported.

According to the report, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) directed Google to take down at least 57 websites and databases hosted on Firebase in August alone.