Spam, DDoS & Phishing rocket as organised crime
takes hold
London, UK - 30 July 2004, 16:00 GMT - The total amount of spam distributed
across the globe has touched nearly three trillion messages in 2004 as it
sits at 2,981 billion worldwide to date according to the latest data available
from the mi2g Intelligence Unit, the world leader in digital risk. The global
economic damage from spam in 2004 to date is estimated to lie between $107bn
and $131bn. The economic damage from spam is projected to cross $200bn worldwide
for the whole year. The total amount of spam in 2003 was around 1.6 trillion
messages. The high rise in the volume of spam in 2004 is attributed to malware
proliferation and the use of hijacked computers as file servers, proxies for
criminal activities and mail relays.
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