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Havana syndrome attacks

  A former senior CIA officer who was forced to retire over a brain injury caused by a   suspected “Havana Syndrome” attack   has called for congressional hearings after a new report linked Russia to mysterious neurological symptoms that have plagued U.S. diplomats and spies for nearly a decade. The report comes a little more than a year after the U.S. intelligence community concluded it was “very  unlikely a foreign adversary is responsible ” for the sometimes debilitating headaches, dizziness, memory loss, and buzzing in the ears reported by dozens of American personnel.  abcd “It's not conclusive, but it's certainly compelling that the Russians are involved in it,” former intelligence officer Marc Polymeropoulos told USA TODAY, reacting to the new report. Polymeropoulos has become a public face and advocate for current and former U.S. officials who say they suffer from Havana Syndrome. “How do you reconcile that with the  analytic assessment ” downp...
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Country Garden shares suspends

Crisis-hit Chinese property developer Country Garden has suspended trade in its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after delaying the publication of its annual financial results. The firm said last week that it needed more time to collect information as it restructures its debts. It defaulted on its overseas debt last year and faces a winding-up petition.  In January, rival real estate giant China Evergrande was ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court.  Country Garden said "Due to the continuous volatility of the industry, the operating environment the Group confronting is becoming increasingly complex",   when it announced its earnings report would be delayed . ab cd The first hearing for Country Garden's winding-up petition, which was filed by Ever Credit Ltd, is scheduled for 17 May.  Ever Credit is a unit of Kingboard Holdings, a laminates maker and property investor.   The suspension of Country Garden's shares came as the Hong Kong stock market r...
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Business Trade

  The telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Saturday that it had reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers after it determined that compromised customer data was “released on the dark web.” “Our internal teams are working with external cybersecurity experts to analyze the situation,”   AT&T said . “To the best of our knowledge, the compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and does not contain personal financial information or call history.” acbd The company said that “information varied by customer and account,” but that it may have included a person’s full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth, AT&T account number, and passcode. In addition to those 7.6 million customers, 65.4 million former account holders were also affected. The company said it would be “reaching out to individuals with compromised sensitive personal information separately and offering complimentary identity theft and credit ...
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