Niue, Tokelau swamping world with spam
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A security software firm says Pacific nations Niue and Tokelau are among the worst offenders for relaying spam per head of population.
The company, Sophos, says Niue and Tokelau came in second and third respectively behind British territory Pitcairn island in its survey of countries emitting spam during the last quarter of last year.
The survey did not look at where spam originated, but which countries passed on the unsolicited messages.
Last year, security software firm McAfee reported the territories' domains, and those of a number of other Pacific islands, were among the worst offenders in the world.
