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 Though at first it seemed that China (including Hong Kong) would
topple the US from the top of the spam charts, America has defended its title as king of all spam-relaying nations. China's 20% contribution to the global spam total ended up as being second only to the US's 23.2% output. South Korea got third place with 7.5%.
The figures -- covering the months of April to June 2006 -- from IT security firm Sophos reveal that this is the first time in over two years that the US has failed to cut down on all of its spam. The US accounted for half of all spam sent in the world two years ago. China and South Korea, on the other hand, have managed to reduce their spam output since the first quarter of the year.
In the continental category, Asia was the king of the hill with 40.2%, but Europe seems to be trying to usurp the throne in the near future. Europe collectively accounted for 25% of the world's spam in the first quarter of 2006, a figure that has now increased to 27.1%, overtaking North America in the spam spreading league.
There's no sign of Russia in the spam league's top twelve, but Sophos believes that Russian spammers may be lurking just around the corner, controlling "vast networks" of 'zombie' PCs -- computers hijacked by Trojan horses, worms, and viruses controlled by devilish hackers. These zombie PCs are the source of the vast majority of spam tracked by Sophos.
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