WELLINGTON (NZPA)

New Zealand is well known for producing huge quantities of milk, wool and lamb. But spam?

A new report shows New Zealand is outproducing Australia two to one in the production of spam - of the email kind - a new report from security software producer Symantec has found.

The just-released report found New Zealand generated about four per cent of all the spam from the Asia-Pacific/Japan region, compared with two per cent coming out of Australia.

China was the main offender for the region, accounting for 37 per cent of all the spam generated, followed by South Korea with 21 per cent.

New Zealand was the fifth biggest offender for the region.

Of all internet "malicious activity" - such as viruses and worms - for the region, New Zealand contributed just one per cent to Australia's six per cent.

China was again the top offender, responsible for 39 per cent of malicious activity on the internet.
21/03/2007 11:01:13 AM