Thursday, April 26, 2012

India : Spam Capital of the world

                                                                                            Source: Sophos.com

India may lag most countries in internet penetration but it has still managed to earn the dubious distinction of being the spam capital of the world. A report from SophosLabs, a software security firm states that more than 9% of all spam messages transmitted in the first quarter of 2012 were relayed through India before coming into people's inboxes. The US was close on India's heels, accounting for more than 8% of all spam mails. Countries like South Korea, Indonesia and Russia helped round off the top five.

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