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  "id": 1702019,
  "title": "South Africa’s fraud problem is persuasion, not hacking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/south-africas-fraud-problem-is-persuasion-not-hacking",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T11:34:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-fraud-problem-is-persuasion-not-hacking/285011/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Flashpoint and Interpol data shows automation collapsing attack costs, while South African fraud shifts to persuasion.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCentral",
        "title": "Still no end in sight to South Africa’s digital migration saga",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/still-no-end-in-sight-to-south-africas-digital-migration-saga",
        "published": "2026-08-17T09:41:13.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}