USA Leads as Top Spamming Nation. We're Number 2!

IT security and control firm Sophos has published its latest report into the top twelve spam relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2010.  The USA continues to be the number one spam polluter, piping out 15.2% of all global spam messages, an increase from 13.1% in the first quarter of 2010.

The UK, a nation that last year fell out of the spam hall of shame - also saw a significant rise in the proportion of spam it relayed. With a total output of 4.6% of the world's spam, this puts the UK in fourth place overall compared with ninth earlier this year.

The top 12 spam relaying countries for April to June 2010 are as follows—      

1. USA - 15.2 %   

2. India - 7.7 %   

3. Brazil - 5.5%   

4. UK - 4.6%   

5. South Korea - 4.2%   

6. France - 4.1%   

7. Germany - 4.0%

8. Italy - 3.5%
   
9. Russia - 2.8%
   
10. Vietnam - 2.7%
   
11. Poland - 2.5%   

12. Romania - 2.3% 

Others - 40.9%