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· Nearly 700 million unique IP Addresses connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform

· Reported DDoS attacks grow by more than 200 percent year over year

· Global average peak connection speed jumps 35 percent year over year

Zurich, Switzerland:  Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ AKAM), a leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Fourth Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ the report provides insights into key global statistics including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity and availability, among many others.

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· Contactless technology was present on 23 percent of all payment cards shipped worldwide in 2012

· Contactless growth in Western Europe and Asia exceeded 100 percent

· More than 220 million contactless cards were delivered by Smart Payment Association (SPA) members in 2012

· SPA believes the harmonization of ISO, SEPA and EMVCo standards will ensure the global interoperability of new NFC contactless services for consumers.

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PREMIER League stars are signing up to a service that protects their intimate mobile phone conversations from being intercepted by hackers. Celebrities are now more aware than ever of the threat from criminal hacking gangs, following the recent scandal at the News of the World. But it’s not just those in the public eye that are being snooped on… more than 4,000 people have been identified by police as possible victims of phone hacking at the now defunct Sunday tabloid.

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  5. Infosecurity Europe honours Shlomo Kramer and Mikko Hypponen in the 2013 Hall of Fame
  6. Barracuda Networks introduces new integrated application delivery controller
  7. Survey reveals 83% of employees want to report IT issues via their mobile devices, but most businesses are unable to keep pace with demands
  8. Boston Networks launches StreetVision
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  15. Average packet-per-second rate reaches 32.4 million according to Prolexic’s Q1 2013 DDoS report



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