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Little Islands Do Big-Time Spamming
David Utter
Staff Writer
2008-03-10
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Not on a scale with the worst offenders for volumes of spam, but on a per-person basis, some very small places push out a lot of junk mailings.
Can you find the Pitcairn Islands on a globe? You might need a magnifying glass and a hint.
Yet spammers found them without a problem. Security vendor Sophos said the Pitcairn Islands relayed more spam per person than any other place.
The CIA World Factbook puts the population of the Pitcairn Islands at 48. But they still had a global impact.
"Just because your PC is located on a remote island in the South Pacific doesn't mean it's not contributing to the global spam problem," Sophos' Carole Theriault said in the report. "All computer users, wherever they are in the world, need to wake up to the threats and ensure their PCs are properly protected."
The top three spam relaying countries for the fourth quarter of 2007 were the US, Russia, and China, as they have been for some time.
About the Author:
David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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