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India Tops List of Spam-Originating Nations



India has now become the world’s leading spam creator. Security vendor Sophos found that 11.4 percent of all global spam is now sent from Indian-based computers, an increase from 7 percent in 2010. Sophos attributes the uptick to the growing economy and middle class, and better local broadband access. An average of 7 million India-based computer users—many using insecure technology such as pirated software or outmoded operating systems—gain Internet access each month. According to Sophos, the leading spam-relaying countries and the percentage of global spam they send between April and June 2012 were:

1. India: 11.4 percent
2. Italy: 7.0 percent
3. South Korea: 6.7 percent
4. US: 6.2 percent
5. Vietnam: 5.8 percent


(PhysOrg)(The Los Angeles Times)(Sophos Naked Security Blog)

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