US tops world spamming countries
Australia has dropped off the 2006 "dirty dozen" spam list completely. The dirty dozen spam list is a snapshot of countries found to be contributing to the worldwide level of spam in the third quarter of 2006 compiled by Sophos.
In the quarter Australia had fallen from number 25 to 32 in a global ranking of countries known for sending spam.
The ranking means Australia contributes 0.4 percent to the rate of global spam. The US was found to contribute 21 percent topping the list. China, including Hong Kong at 13.4 percent, France at 6.3 percent (a tie with South Korea) and new entry Israel at 1.8 percent.
