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Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes

Published 12 August 2026, 4:05pm

Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes

Social engineering and malware combine to enable financial fraud before banks have time to act

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