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A locked iPhone can be used to make large visa payments, by bypassing Apple Pay and the contactless limit

1 October 2021

Hackers have discovered a new way to hack Apple pay and contactless limit to make large visa payments. This is an active Man-in-the-middle-attack known as the Apple pay transport attack. For this, a hacker would require an iPhone with a Visa card set up as a transport card, and a close concurrence with the phone. The payment can be done by holding the phone near to emulator device

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