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PortuguêsThe University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine reportedly paid a $1.14 million ransom in cryptocurrencies to the hackers behind a ransomware attack on June 1. According to…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is transforming the education sector as much as it is transforming various important aspects of our lives. The majority of teaching and learning has been transferred to…
Continue ReadingWill Binns, one of Bitcoin.org’s overseers, said he has lost access to the site, claiming a breach may have occurred. “Bitcoin.org, where many people also download the latest version of…
Continue ReadingIndian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX launched a learning platform dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrencies. According to a June 16 announcement, the CoinDCX Learn platform is a blockchain and cryptocurrency academy that…
Continue ReadingIn the post-pandemic world, individuals will need to seize ownership and control of their educational credentials — documents like degrees and transcripts — from schools, universities and governments. That notion…
Continue ReadingIn early June, media outlets reported that the NetWalker ransomware gang had attacked Michigan State University, or MSU. At the time, the gang threatened to leak students’ records and financial…
Continue ReadingA new report from the American Council on Education argues that blockchain technology can help to restore individuals’ control over their credentials and better equip them in an increasingly insecure…
Continue ReadingA ransomware gang claims to have successfully attacked three universities within the last seven days. They say that their latest attack was against the University of California San Francisco, or…
Continue ReadingTech Mahindra, the IT subsidiary of Mahindra Group, is to work with local edutech firm Idealabs to develop blockchain talent within India. The two firms will begin offering curated professional…
Continue ReadingLeading Indian technology company Tech Mahindra has partnered with edtech startup Idealabs to offer blockchain certification courses. The certification course will be offered as a combination of live online and…
Continue ReadingCanada’s York University School of Continuing Studies today announced two new university-level continuing blockchain programs — the part-time Certificate in Blockchain Development and the full-time Post-Graduate Certificate in Back-End and…
Continue ReadingRMIT University, an Australian public research university, is adding two new postgraduate programs in the field of cybersecurity and blockchain technology. The university announced May 26 that it was partnering…
Continue ReadingDaejeon University is the latest in a series of South Korean universities redesigning portions of its finance and technology departments. The university made an official announcement on May 25 that…
Continue ReadingEducational services across the globe have been witnessing a surge in ransomware attacks in 2020. According to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report, ransomware attacks account for approximately 80% of…
Continue ReadingCardano founder Charles Hoskinson has revealed why the University of Wyoming presented a more attractive choice than Harvard, MIT or Cornell for Input Output’s (IOHK’s) lab. IOHK, the company charged…
Continue ReadingHarry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, recently asked for an explanation of Bitcoin (BTC) on Twitter, bringing an onslaught of commentary from the crypto community. “This started as a joke, but…
Continue ReadingAs part of a recent tweet calling on all novelists to message her with their questions on Bitcoin, CoinDesk journalist Leigh Cuen publicized a tweeted response from none other than…
Continue ReadingAs the COVID-19 crisis grows, some industries will recover quickly, but some won’t recover at all. In this episode we help you understand which is which. This is the second…
Continue ReadingMilton Friedman called it the tyranny of the status quo. It is a resistance to change that imprisons us in the moment and blinds us to potential. Yet, despite it…
Continue ReadingVenture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz — also known as a16z — has started releasing an online version of “Crypto Startup School,” its seven-week education course for industry entrepreneurs. Two lectures…
Continue ReadingUniversity College London (UCL) has joined the governing council for enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. Paolo Tasca — former cryptocurrency lead economist at Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, and…
Continue ReadingBlockchain, a term once only familiar to Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts, is becoming one of the most in-demand business skills for 2020. According to a recent LinkedIn blog post, blockchain technology…
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