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How easy is it to steal $10,000 from a locked phone?

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They used a contactless payment hack. It tricks terminals into thinking a transaction is complete. This works on Visa cards in transit mode.

  • ๐Ÿ’ณ Tricks terminals into thinking a transaction is complete.
  • ๐Ÿ’ณ Works on Visa cards in transit mode.
  • ๐Ÿ’ณ Steals $10,000 from MKBHD's phone.

A hand holding a red contactless card reader near a man's head, with red concentric circles indicating a signal and text overlay '-$10k'.