Posted: 24th Oct, 2007 By: MarkJ
The latest quarterly SPAM report from Sohpos has revealed that the USA continues to top the global chart for spam-relaying countries, accounting for an astonishing 28.4% of all junk e-mail!:
1. United States 28.4%
2. South Korea 5.2%
3. China (inc.Hong Kong) 4.9%
4. Russia 4.4%
5. Brazil 3.7%
6. France 3.6%
7. Germany 3.4%
8. Turkey 3.2%
9. Poland 2.7%
10. United Kingdom 2.4%
11. Romania 2.3%
12. Mexico 1.9%
Others 33.9%
According to Sophos, while the US has risen substantially in the spam stakes, neighbouring Canada has continued to make good progress in eradicating the problem, further reducing its spam-relaying figure during Q3 to just 0.8%.
Typically North America is a big place and breaking the figures down into continental shares highlights a different picture:
1. North America 32.3%
2. Asia 31.1%
3. Europe 24.8%
4. South America 9.1%
5. Africa 2.1%
Others 0.6%