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Despite the European Commission's digital agenda, which aims for all European citizens to have access to an internet connection of at least 30 Megabytes per second by 2020, there are still 435,000
E-commerce in Belgium last year reached a record turnover of €8.2 billion, according to industry group BeCommerce, thanks in part to an exceptional fourth quarter.
The number of cases of Internet banking fraud in Belgium last year remained stable compared to 2014, but the amount stolen was considerably higher, writes De Standaard.
About 29% of the Belgian internet users last year had issues with security, and 20% had a computer virus, according to Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union.
The Swedish furniture giant Ikea offers its products online in many countries, and next year Belgium will join the list.
The federal tax authority in Belgium has for the first time sold seized goods via auction site eBay, yielding a total of about €50,000 this year.
Hackers took the Wallonia region's official website offline for most of Wednesday - with internet security experts warning of more attacks on public websites in the coming days.
Between April and June of this year, Belgians bought €1.97 million worth of products and services online, according to research commissioned by e-commerce association BeCommerce, reports
Cyber-crime is costing companies in Belgium as much as €3.5 billion every year, according to a study by management consultants KPMG Advisory.
