With Internet speeds on the rise year-over-year, it’s the perfect setting for Chinese hackers to use DDoS attacks on various websites on the Internet. The global average Internet connection speed is 3.8 Mbps.
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It is not difficult to realize that the Internet is getting faster every year, and to many, that’s a good thing. Consumers will be able to download files faster and stream content more smoothly in full 1080p HD. However, this speed boost also benefits hackers, as attacks on websites have risen sharply.

In the United States, the average Internet connection speed reached 10 Mbps, which is a gain of 2 percent since the previous quarter. Canada, on the other hand, reached 9 Mbps, a gain of 1.5 percent over the previous quarter. When it comes to Mexico, the average Internet connection in that country has grown to 4 Mbps, which is a growth of 2.9 percent, to become the highest-growth country in the Americas for the past quarter.

When it comes down to which state in the U.S. has the highest average Internet connection speed, Virginia takes the cake with 14.4 Mbps. In addition, the state has the largest quarter-over-quarter Internet speed growth of 11 percent. This means that if you want the fastest Internet speed in the United States, you might want to move yourself to Virginia…

Source: Tech Times