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The dirty dozen - US is the Spam king

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edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, has published a report into the countries from which spam messages originate. Researchers scanned all spam messages received over two days last week and have revealed a 'dirty dozen' of offending countries with the United States topping the chart.

[blockquote]The 'dirty dozen' are as follows:

1. United States 56.74%
2. Canada 6.80%
3. China (& Hong Kong) 6.24%
4. South Korea 5.77%
5. Netherlands 2.13%
6. Brazil 2.00%
7. Germany 1.83%
8. France 1.50%
9. United Kingdom 1.31%
10. Australia 1.21%
11. Mexico 1.19%
12. Spain 1.05%
Others 12.23%
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[link=http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/dirtydozen.html]Read more[/link]

Comments

  • DogSoldierDogSoldier The heart of radical Amish country..
    edited February 2004
    Nice to see Canada well represented. Keep up the good work!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2004
    We're Number One! :usflag:

    :hiding:
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited February 2004
    It's good that most are in USA and Canada, these would be MUCH easier to stop in the first place!
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited February 2004
    In terms of spam per capita this means both the US and Canada are right beside each other (Canada might be a little ahead) while most of the other countries are fair behind by this measure. Its a strange phenonmenon and definitely counter to the often expoused view that spammers are from various foreign countries.
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