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Technology and security in Slovakia

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Slovakia registered serious ransomware attacks on Friday, April 16.
The National Security Authority is urging them to secure and backup their systems immediately.
Dean Ivan Kotuliak
Rector submitted the proposal to remove him from function, academic senate supported dean.
Loewen Cavill
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American Loewen Cavill showed Slovak girls how creative computer science can be.
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Eset is an inaugural member of the App Defense Alliance.
Some organisations support girls who 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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The state plans to spend more than €26.5 million, but the real benefits are unclear.
Apart from technology novelties, visitors will find the biggest game zone on the Danube embankment.
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It enables access to unique content focused on teaching and entertainment, but also offers more over what children are watching.
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But the country lags behind in robotics and medicine.
Zuzana Tkáčová received an award Teacher of Slovakia.
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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A Slovak cryptofarm using actors and a data centre for promotion caught the eye of the worldwide IT community.
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This chip uses ten times less energy than conventional processors. TASR and 1 more
More than 300,000 mostly young Slovaks have left the country in the past 15 years.
But the problem might be that there will not be enough teachers to prepare the next generation of IT experts.
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The role of the state is not enough. Companies also try to increase the interest of young people in technical studies.
Slovak users are prone to internet scams, such as phishing through emails.
Slovakia took the top position in a global ranking on cyber security.
One of the main targets in 2018 are cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin.
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.
What should you do when using your phone for payments?
Bank experts expect the number of users paying by phone to increase.
The virtualisation of bank cards is the latest technological trend.
Girls are lured to study IT.
Girls still have too few idols who have achieved success in the IT sector.
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