E-commerces proverbial Who-ville is under siege, with a rise in bots bent on ruining gift cards and snapping up coveted gifts for outrageously priced resale. Advanced bot traffic sessions on retail sites in November spiked a shocking 73 percent over the previous month, according to Imperva Research Labs. The majority of attacks recorded on e-commerce websites this year were carried out by bots, the firm found. In comparison, bots were to blame for just 33 percent of the total attacks on websites in all other industries in 2021.”]
Source: https://threatpost.com/pandemic-grinchbots-surge-activity/176898/