{"id":577,"date":"2019-11-11T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T02:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/?p=577"},"modified":"2019-11-11T02:30:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T02:30:33","slug":"malware-meets-politics-with-trump-and-clinton-themed-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/malware-meets-politics-with-trump-and-clinton-themed-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware Meets Politics With Trump and Clinton Themed Infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleepstatic.com\/content\/posts\/2019\/11\/09\/sod-header.jpg\" class=\"iii-article-image\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 150px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-excerpt\">\n  Just as people express their political views through art, malware developers express their political ideologies, hopes, and frustrations through the computer infections they create. 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