According to research done by an anti-spam research company Sophos, the United States is the point of origin of over 42% of all spam. Trailing are South Korea with 13% and China with 8% of the world's spam. The security firm performed an audit of its honeypots to come up with the figures ―a honeypot is a special system set up to attract spam or spammers in order to gauge spammer activity. Such activity is not entirely unexpected. The United States accounts for slightly over 25% of all Internet usage, whereas South Korea and China have about 4% and 11% of the world's Internet users, respectively. Yet these percentages still point to the U.S. as being a disproportionate source for spam.
according to research done by an anti spam research company sophos the united states is the point of origin of over 42 of all spam trailing are south korea with 13 and china with 8 of the world s spam the security firm performed an audit of its honeypots to come up with the figures a honeypot is a special system set up to attract spam or spammers in order to gauge spammer activity such activity is not entirely unexpected the united states accounts for slightly over 25 of all internet usage whereas south korea and china have about 4 and 11 of the world s internet users respectively yet these percentages still point to the u s as being a disproportionate source for spam