What are the top 10 countries when it comes to spamming?

April 30, 2012 By News Staff

Answer:

India   9.3%

USA   8.3%

S. Korea   5.7%

Indonesia   5.0%

Russia   5.0% (tied for 4th)

Italy   4.9%

Brazil   4.3%

Poland   3.9%

Pakistan   3.3%

Vietnam   3.2%

According to a new report from SophosLabs, India has overtaken the United States to become the top global contributor to junk email. If you have spam in your inbox, there's an almost one in 10 chance that it was relayed from an Indian computer, according to the network security firm.

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Comments

Fred Up | Commented April 30, 2012

That being said, Indian cuisine is indeed some of my favorite on the planet. Butter Chicken Makhani and Chicken Saag are amazing dishes all should sample if given an opportunity.

Russia is losing its edge | Commented April 30, 2012

Although Great Britain climbs up to #1 if you analyze on Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans, and Spam.

Dave | Commented May 3, 2012

USA would fall off the SPAM list if you didn't count Hawaii...

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