US tops league of e-mail spammers..[Big F'n Suprise]

TOP SPAM NATIONS 1 - United States 42.53% 2 - South Korea 15.42% 3 - China (& Hong Kong)11.62% 4 - Brazil 6.17% 5 - Canada 2.91% 6 - Japan 2.87% 7 - Germany 1.28% 8 - France 1.24% 9 - Spain 1.16% 10 - United Kingdom 1.15% 11 - Mexico 0.98% 12 - Taiwan 0.91% Others 11.76% Source: Sophos August 2004

The US is the biggest spammer, despite efforts to combat unwanted e-mail, according to net security experts.

Almost 43% of all unwanted e-mails originated from the US in the last month, said anti-virus firm Sophos.

The report suggests that anti-spam laws passed in the US nine months ago have had little impact.

South Korea, the most broadband-connected country in the world, was next in line, firing out 15% of all junk e-mails.

"Almost nine months on from the Can-Spam legislation and the US's attempt to clean up its act appears to have had little impact," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos said.

"Canada has made some progress, however, cutting the percentage of the world's junk e-mail sent from the country by over half, from 6.8% six months ago to 2.9% today."

The figures also showed that South Korea had tripled the amount of spam mails sent out from its networks since February.

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