{
  "id": 675547,
  "title": "Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/smooth-talking-fraudsters-clone-contactless-cards-authorize-payments-675547",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/12/smooth-talking-fraudsters-clone-contactless-cards-authorize-payments-in-just-13-minutes/5286808"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Social engineering and malware combine to enable financial fraud before banks have time to act",
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        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/smooth-talking-fraudsters-clone-contactless-cards-authorize-payments",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:05:00.000Z"
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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."
}