{
  "id": 9111835,
  "title": "Malicious apps used to Remotely Control Smartphones, Illegally Transfer Money",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/malicious-apps-used-to-remotely-control-smartphones-illegally",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:58:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20260922-349995/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reuters file photo A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him. The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] There has been a series of cases in which malicious apps that look similar to the video-sharing app TikTok take control of a person’s smartphone and transfer money via PayPay, the electronic payment …",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}