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Spam soars despite billions spent to prevent it

TRACElabs just issued this mid-year report noting that spam volumes have spiked to the highest levels ever recorded. Spam volumes are now higher than the previous highest levels recorded in July 2008.

So spam remains a viable global industry, despite billions spent by corporations on spam filters, not too mention high consumer distrust of spam email messages.

"The clear message spammers are giving us is that they are unimpeded by the efforts of law enforcement and the security community,” says TRACElabs senior researcher Phil Hay.

Full Story: http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/07/spam-soars-despite-billions-spent-to-prevent-it.html

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