Mr Robot

According to an e-mail security company, spam has tripled since June of this year and now accounts for 9 out of every 10 messages received. While that may seem like a high number, there is no doubt spam is on the rise. What makes these statistics even scarier is that criminal gangs are supposedly behind 80% of spam.

"E-mail systems are overloaded or melting down trying to keep up with all the spam," said Dan Druker, a vice president at Postini. His company has detected 7 billion spam e-mails worldwide in November compared to 2.5 billion in June. Spam in Britain has risen by 50 percent in the last two months alone.


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