Sophos reports 60% of spam comes from the U.S.
I love reading Leo's daily collection of facts, trivia, and a bit of opinion too. This one took me by surprise. I thought the bulk of spam was coming from offshore.
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According to Sophos, the US generates nearly 60% of all spam worldwide. Second-place Canada generates a mere 7%. The spam doesn't necessarily originate from the US, in fact much of it comes from Russia, but it's being sent from US computers, often without the knowledge of the computers' owners thanks to widespread trojan infections.