Europe Top Source of Spam

according to security vendor Symantec

[engine]

European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited e-mail than those in the U.S. for the third month in a row, according to security vendor Symantec.

Symantec called this a "significant shift" in spam trends as, historically, compromised U.S. computers have been used to send spam, and many spammers have been U.S.-based.

Fredrik Sjostedt, one of Symantec's European product marketing managers, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that Symantec suspects gangs are taking advantage of the increasing European broadband market.

Europe Top Source of Spam [news.com]

[jomaxx]

That helps explain why most of the spam in my inbox these days is in Greek or Cyrillic or something.