The first thing they tell you at Akamai is that the Internet is constantly under attack. At every minute, somebody somewhere in the world is trying to hack into a website, shut it down, or steal valuable information from it.

And because the Cambridge, Mass.-based company hosts as much as 30 percent of the world�s Internet traffic on 90,000 servers distributed in 72 countries around the world, the darkened confines of Akamai�s network control room are the perfect place to watch the global cyber war play out in real time.

And what theyâÂ?Â?re seeing is a truly global phenomenon. Attacks âÂ?Â?can be launched from anywhere. These masses of computers can come from anywhere,âÂ?Â? Akamai CEO Paul Sagan told CNBC Thursday. âÂ?Â?It’s not as simple as say âÂ?Â?can I protect myself from Asia or Latin America.âÂ?Â? Sometimes the elevated attack come from North America. We see that traffic.âÂ?Â?
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