LONDON: India has become
the top ‘spam-spewing
nation’ on the planet, overtaking
the United States, according
to a report.
A report of security fi rm
Sophos ranked the nations
by the amount of junk mail
routed through computers in
each country.
It said that 9.3 percent of
all junk mail sent across the
web came from or passed
through computers in India,
with America in the second
place at 8.3 per cent and
South Korea third at 5.7 per
cent, the BBC reports.
According to Graham
Cluley, senior technology
consultant at Sophos, India’s
rapid rise up the chart
of spam producers is due to
the rapid growth of the web
in the country.
Cluley pointed out that the
inexperience of the many
fi rst-time net users in India
had led many to fall victim
to hi-tech criminals.
“The latest stats show that,
as more fi rst-time internet
users get online in growing
economies, they are not taking
measures to block the
malware infections that turn
their PCs into spam-spewing
zombies,” he added.
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