{"id":52598,"date":"2022-09-21T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52598"},"modified":"2022-09-21T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:55:45","slug":"hacker-targets-american-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52598","title":{"rendered":"Hacker targets American Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines on Tuesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29115249.6112\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvY3liZXJzZWN1cml0eS8zNjUyMjczLWFtZXJpY2FuLWFpcmxpbmVzLWNvbmZpcm1zLWRhdGEtYnJlYWNoLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB4ef185be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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