Map of where spam is coming from
Map of where spam is coming from. Info from Postini service indicates the most activity in the US, west-central Europe, Brazil, Korea, China, and Japan.
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Reader comments
Kip IngramSep 13, 2004 at 11:10PM
That's a remarkably small portion of the world. I'm very suprised.
shanecavanaughSep 13, 2004 at 11:28PM
Not as much from Nigeria as one would expect.
justinSep 13, 2004 at 11:29PM
Although just as much as one would expect from the crystal-meth inhabitated wastelands that we midwesterners would call home.
Does make sense?
RobertSep 14, 2004 at 12:49AM
Except, why isn't anyone in Missouri sending spam? Surely they have computers.
JeremiahSep 14, 2004 at 3:26AM
I was surprised by how little came out of Chicago (where I am). Looks like Milwaukee has us beat. Fine by me.
KijiSep 14, 2004 at 3:30AM
And BOTH North and South Korea are real SPamcountries, apparently...Now i can see many zombie computers and bot-nets in South-Korea (see also their always on broadband connections) but North Korea??? Are they perhaps hosting Spamservices to get hold on foreign valuta?? How many (few) Pc's are there in ROK? and how many off them have power?
simonSep 14, 2004 at 7:22AM
what the hell? the spam capital of the UK is bournemouth?!
SchianoSep 14, 2004 at 9:22AM
It feels so good seeing that lots 'o spam come from the United States... makes me all warm and tingly inside...
good ol' new jersey, too!
Del ShimandleSep 14, 2004 at 9:30AM
Tehran, Iran!? What kind of spam could possibly originate there?
LJHogSep 14, 2004 at 10:28AM
This map shows only the machines transmitting the spam, it would be interested to see a map of the companies / individuals that hire them to broadcast their advertisements. Judging from the type of spam I get (mostly with 1-800 numbers), the spammers' customers are 90% US-based I would think.
ryanSep 14, 2004 at 11:31AM
Pretty interesting to compare this with the "earthlights" map from APOD.
JeremiahSep 14, 2004 at 12:12PM
Whoa. It updates. I thought it was a static image.
JJSep 15, 2004 at 12:53PM
What about North Korea? It's red-hot with spam!
mehdiSep 16, 2004 at 1:49AM
iran?! iu can't believe it
blarghSep 17, 2004 at 3:27PM
HOWTO map for shooting nukes at. Pay attention, DoD.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.