SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 12 / 21

Korea: Junk mail sent to mobile phones has started to outnumber e-mail spam this year

The number of unwanted text messages and phone calls via mobile phone surpasses that of desktop spam mail by a big margin, according to the Korea Information Security Agency, reportsThe Korea Times.

"The KISA said Tuesday mobile spam reported to the state-owned institute numbered 244,151 during the first 10 months of this year, in comparison to 78,063 of unsolicited e-mail messages during the same span.

"Junk mail sent to mobile phones has started to outnumber e-mail spam this year and the trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future,’’ a KISA official projected.

The number of mobile spam reports stood at a paltry 4,864 cases in 2002, but the figure ballooned more than seven-fold a year later to 36,013.

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