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Pandemic Pushes Bot Operators to Redirect Efforts

Bot traffic to healthcare, e-commerce, gambling sites saw notable increases in bots in 2020. E-commerce and government sites saw a significant increase only in the last quarter. Imperva calls such bots “the pandemic of the Internet” The report focuses on bad bots, which the web application security firm sees as a threat to its customers. The surge in bots to healthcare sites coincided with the release of next-generation gaming consoles. Ticket scalpers, who usually descend on popular concerts to buy tickets, found themselves suffering diminished profits.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/security-monitoring/pandemic-pushes-bot-operators-to-redirect-efforts/d/d-id/1340689

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