Russia falls by the wayside
The country which was formed
after a French backed coup against its lawful government has
apparently become a world leader for spam. (While the lawful government they rebelled against has long stopped being the world leader in anything. sub.ed.)
A recent study by IT security
solutions provider Sophos showed that spam originating in Russia has dropped
significantly, it also claimed that some 16.5 per cent of all spam mails
sent in the second quarter of this year came from the United
States.
Russian spammers, previously highly active, were only responsible
for 3.2 per cent of all spam sent, which puts them in 9th place on the
list. Second place went to Brazil, with 11.1 per cent, followed by Turkey,
5.2, and India, 5.0. One would think that the US was more susceptible to
botnets which are controlled from other countries. This would mean that the
Russians
might have all their spam being delivered by US botnets and the
criminals could still be based in that country. The US has always been
seen as a soft target for botnets because it has a huge user base with
is less informed about computers than the rest of the world.