No, not that kind.
Spam. You know, that insidious type of email detritus that clogs your inbox and the “tubes” of the internet. Apparently, a new spam site hits the interweb every 3 seconds. I can’t say that I’m surprised in the least. Why else would companies like IronPort and their ilk have so much business?
From ITNews Australia:
New figures suggest that 92.3 percent of all email sent globally during the first three months of 2008 was spam..
The data from Sophos also indicated that 23,300 new spam-related web pages were created every day during the period, or one about every three seconds.
For the first time Turkey’s contribution to the global spam problem puts it in the top three offending countries.
Compromised computers in Turkey are now responsible for relaying 5.9 percent of the world’s junk email, compared to 3.8 percent in the final quarter of 2007.
The US and Russia maintained first and second place respectively, but both countries managed to reduce their contribution to the worldwide spam problem compared to the final three months of 2007.
As long as there is money to be made in this manner…it’ll just keep on rolling. Cut off the money and it’s a faint memory.
Yeah, I don’t see that happening either.
