Recent stats on bot attacks

The data below demonstrate how important it is for businesses to prioritize and fortify their defenses against bot attacks.

Simple bots are still a challenge for businesses across the world. A study from DataDome tested 14000+ popular domains and found that 65% of websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks while around 95% of advanced bots go undetected on websites. Ecommerce, health and luxury industries are among the least protected by bot threats.

Recently, ecommerce organizations are concerned of web scraper bots. These bots scrape all the public data and content from a website. Along with AI, they can not only collect data, but also extract and process it. Akamai researchers have found that 65% of bot traffic on ecommerce sites were from the malicious bots.

Bot mitigation report from Kasada observed that 98% of companies attacked by bots in the last year lost revenue as a result. 57% of companies are increasingly concerned of AI driven threats resulting in complex attacks with increased frequency. Majority of companies are allocating maximum budget to ongoing management and remediation as opposed to the bot management solution itself.

Report from Imperva reveals that bad bots now comprises of nearly one-third of all traffic across the globe. Countries targeted mostly by bot attacks include United States, Netherlands and Australia. From 2019 to 2023, bad bot traffic has steadily increased reaching 32% of total internet traffic in 2023.

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