Extreme amounts of junk mail, spam, sent at this time to Sweden. The number of emails have since midday yesterday increased by 400 percent. And the currents are still up.
- I have never seen anything like it, "says Stefan Thelberg, CEO of e-mail security company Stej.
Spam attack began at lunchtime on Tuesday, and has continued ever since. Presumably, emails continue to pour in for another couple of days. Stefan Thelberg estimates that it has sent as many as up to 1 billion spam - only to Sweden.
- This may be a sign of things to come in the future. It will simply be sent out extreme amounts to increase the likelihood that they reach more people, "he says.
Emails are sent from Asia and China and have been translated into Swedish. The title entices with a gain of a sum of euros, and all it is the company sending them.
- As a private person is not your email address available in the same way as it does for companies and different businesses, "said Stefan Thelberg.
Spam normally get caught often in various spam filters, but in this case, those who send them managed to get past many of them.
- The e-mail, you are offered an additional income if you send your resume to a specific address, said Stefan Thelberg.
Stefan Thelberg and his staff can not find a clear reason to spam the river - but one theory is that it is a test firing.
- Yes, it is one of our theories. Since we can not find a clear purpose of this spamet can it be that the only test so that in future they can use this method to other bases. There must be a financial gain by doing this, and in this case, there is not there, "says Stefan Thelberg.