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IT security and control firm Sophos has published its latest report on the top twelve spam-relaying countries over the third quarter of 2007.
The top twelve spam-relaying countries are as follows:
July to September 2007
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%
Other 33.9%
Spam relayed by continent
The massive rise in the US’s relaying caused North America to overtake Asia and Europe to become the biggest spam-relaying continent during Q3 2007. Asia followed close behind, due to the large number of individual Asian nations relaying spam, while Europe managed to reduce its overall figure by 3.7 percent.
The breakdown of spam-relaying by continent is as follows:
July to September 2007
1. North America 32.3%
2. Asia 31.1%
3. Europe 24.8%
4. South America 9.1%
5. Africa 2.1%
Other 0.6%
The top twelve spam-relaying countries are as follows:
July to September 2007
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%
Other 33.9%
Spam relayed by continent
The massive rise in the US’s relaying caused North America to overtake Asia and Europe to become the biggest spam-relaying continent during Q3 2007. Asia followed close behind, due to the large number of individual Asian nations relaying spam, while Europe managed to reduce its overall figure by 3.7 percent.
The breakdown of spam-relaying by continent is as follows:
July to September 2007
1. North America 32.3%
2. Asia 31.1%
3. Europe 24.8%
4. South America 9.1%
5. Africa 2.1%
Other 0.6%