Could your contactless bank card be vulnerable to virtual pickpocketing?

Thieves technically no longer need to reach their hands inside your pockets to steal the money from your purse or wallet. A recent viral photograph of someone on busy public transport with a point-of-sale card reader sparked fears that virtual pickpockets could swipe such a device against passengers' bank cards and take money from their accounts without them realising. But how vulnerable are we to such attacks?

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