Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, has published its latest report into the countries from which most spam messages originate.
Researchers at Sophos scanned all spam messages received at its global network of honeypots throughout 2004 month and at the top of the list was the United States, which is responsible for exporting 42.11% of all spam.
The top twelve spam producing countries are as follows:
United States - 42.11%
South Korea - 13.43%
China (incl Hong Kong) - 8.44%
Canada - 5.71%
Brazil - 3.34%
Japan - 2.57%
France - 1.37%
Spain - 1.18%
United Kingdom - 1.13%
Germany - 1.03%
Taiwan - 1.00%
Mexico - 0.89%
Others 17.8%
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Regards,
Simon
Researchers at Sophos scanned all spam messages received at its global network of honeypots throughout 2004 month and at the top of the list was the United States, which is responsible for exporting 42.11% of all spam.
The top twelve spam producing countries are as follows:
United States - 42.11%
South Korea - 13.43%
China (incl Hong Kong) - 8.44%
Canada - 5.71%
Brazil - 3.34%
Japan - 2.57%
France - 1.37%
Spain - 1.18%
United Kingdom - 1.13%
Germany - 1.03%
Taiwan - 1.00%
Mexico - 0.89%
Others 17.8%
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Regards,
Simon
