Europe is now the "king of spam," and is responsible for 44 percent of all spam sent worldwide, according to Symantec. The company discussed the findings in its monthly State of Spam (PDF) report, pointing out that Europe has been producing significantly more spam than the US for three months now, and suggesting that the cause could be widely-available broadband.

This is a scary trend, considering how much spam originates from North America; Symantec said that as recently as November 2007, Europe was only responsible for 30.6 percent of all spam in the world while North America was responsible for 46 percent (it is now down to 35.1 percent). All hail Europe, the new “king of spam”

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