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Technology and security in Slovakia

Slovakia registered serious ransomware attacks on Friday, April 16.

State institution in Slovakia became target of ransomware attacks

The National Security Authority is urging them to secure and backup their systems immediately.

Dean Ivan Kotuliak

Dean of the prestigious Slovak IT faculty stays. A lot of his staff is leaving

Rector submitted the proposal to remove him from function, academic senate supported dean.

Loewen Cavill

MIT student: Working on Hyperloop was exciting

American Loewen Cavill showed Slovak girls how creative computer science can be.

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Slovak software company to protect the Google Play Store

Eset is an inaugural member of the App Defense Alliance.

Some organisations support girls who want to study IT.

Only one-fifth of girls want to study IT

Girls are often discouraged by low self-confidence, fear of studies being difficult, and lack of information about a career in this field.

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New centre to train experts in preventing cyber attacks but at a cost

The state plans to spend more than €26.5 million, but the real benefits are unclear.

Petra Kotuliaková

Petra Kotuliaková: Coming home and changing the face of Slovak IT

Move from Paris to Petržalka was not always easy.

Bratislava will host the first technology festival

Apart from technology novelties, visitors will find the biggest game zone on the Danube embankment.

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YouTube Kids arrives in Slovakia

It enables access to unique content focused on teaching and entertainment, but also offers more over what children are watching.

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Slovakia makes innovation progress in IT sector

But the country lags behind in robotics and medicine.

Zuzana Tkáčová received an award Teacher of Slovakia.

Awarded teacher: We should not let our modesty hinder good ideas

My parents thought electrical engineering was not for girls, says award-winning IT teacher Zuzana Tkáčová.

A building owned by Igor Rattaj where cryptominers rent the spaces. The Slovak Finance Ministry also has a floor there.
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Slovak high-tech fortress hosts cryptominers

A Slovak cryptofarm using actors and a data centre for promotion caught the eye of the worldwide IT community.

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Slovak develops chip to simulate brain

This chip uses ten times less energy than conventional processors.

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More than 300,000 mostly young Slovaks have left the country in the past 15 years.

Slovak schools fight for IT students

But the problem might be that there will not be enough teachers to prepare the next generation of IT experts.

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Educating the future IT generation

The role of the state is not enough. Companies also try to increase the interest of young people in technical studies.

One of the main targets in 2018 are cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin.

Online attack forms are changing

At the beginning of 2017, the number of recorded and blocked crypto-mining and crypto-jacking attacks equalled hundreds of attempts per day, but today there are thousands.

Slovak users are prone to internet scams, such as phishing through emails.

Slovaks have learned how to combat malware

Slovakia took the top position in a global ranking on cyber security.

There are three basic security rules

What should you do when using your phone for payments?

Bank experts expect the number of users paying by phone to increase.

Slovaks love technological novelties

The virtualisation of bank cards is the latest technological trend.

Girls are lured to study IT.

Women in IT should not be taboo

Girls still have too few idols who have achieved success in the IT sector.

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