China ready to swipe spam crown from US
US junk emailers sent more spam than those in any other country during the first quarter, a security company recently reported, although China is hot on America's heels.
According to UK-based Sophos, US senders accounted for 23.1 percent of the world's spam in 2006's first three months. Chinese spammers sent 21.9 percent of global junk mail during the same period.
Laws such as the CAN-SPAM Act, and resulting prosecutions, have reduced the US's share of spam, said Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley in a statement.
"Two years ago, the US accounted for over half of all spam sent to the world now it is less than a quarter, evidence which confirms that more Americans are waking up to the need to protect their computers," Cluley said.
