{
  "id": 553662,
  "title": "Malicious SIMs can shut down phones, steal files, and drag 5G back to 2G",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/malicious-sims-can-shut-down-phones-steal-files-and-drag-5g-back-to-2g",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T09:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/malicious-sims-can-shut-down-phones-steal-files-and-drag-5g-back-to-2g/5285482"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers find standards-compliant functionality can be abused to hijack modems, downgrade connections, and even execute code",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}