UK manufacturers drowning in spam
The UK manufacturing sector is being particularly severely hit by the rising global tide of unsolicited spam emails, research has claimed.
According to figures released by managed email firm MessageLabs, more than four out of every five emails received by manufacturing firms over the past year were spam.
But the study found that viruses were the biggest problem among not-for-profit and healthcare organisations, where one in every six emails contained malicious content.
The government and public sector (one in nine), retail (one in 10), education organisations (one in 12) and building and construction companies (one in 14) also suffered from sustained and regular attack.
The sectors best protected from viruses were in professional services, such as legal firms, which received one virus in every 38 emails, and financial services companies which received one virus in every 29 emails.
