Gongol.com Archives: April 2018

Brian Gongol


April 18, 2018

News Barbara Bush passes away at age 92

A dignified person has passed from this world. Her public mission to promote literacy speaks to an aspiration for a better world through the empowerment of individuals.

Threats and Hazards "Russian cyberattack capability is a global problem"

American and British cybersecurity agencies warn in a joint statement: "Russian state-sponsored actors are using compromised routers to conduct spoofing 'man-in-the-middle' attacks to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain persistent access to victim networks and potentially lay a foundation for future offensive operations".

Business and Finance Younkers stores will be gone by August

The parent company of the Midwestern retailer has sold to a liquidator, so by August 31st, the stores will be no more. Another retailer dismantled by the new realities of consumer expectations.

News FCC starts process to ban telecom purchases made with Federal funds from going to Chinese manufacturers

Huawei and ZTE would be the primary targets of the new action

News China will lift restrictions on foreign ownership of car companies

By 2022, supposedly, foreign carmakers will no longer be capped at 50% ownership of Chinese ventures to build cars


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