UK Listed Amongst Biggest Spam Relays
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Internet security software and hardware vendor Sophos has released a study report which has placed UK, along with Russia and Italy, at the ninth position in the list of top 12 spam generating nations in the world. The report, which was concluded on the basis of data collected during January and March 2010, revealed that UK was responsible for generating 3.1 percent of the world spam. If there was a time for the government and technology companies to take a stand against...
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