According to a Sophos study reported by ZDNet -- U.S. again is the homeland of spam. 42 percent of all spam collected in Sophos's network of "honeypots" originated in the U.S. South Korea and China came in a distant second and third, together sending only half as much spam as the U.S.
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Originally Posted by study The results came in as follows:
United States: 42.11 percent
South Korea: 13.43 percent
China (including Hong Kong): 8.44 percent
Canada: 5.71 percent
Brazil: 3.34 percent
Japan: 2.57 percent
France: 1.37 percent
Spain: 1.18 percent
United Kingdom: 1.13 percent
Germany: 1.03 percent
Taiwan: 1.0 percent
Mexico: 0.89 percent
Sophos warned that many spammers are using hacked PCs with broadband connections to send out their spam. This could explain South Korea's position near the top of the list, as it leads the world for broadband penetration. |
Read the full study here.