A developer documents an unprecedented DDoS-like scraping attack from AI bots, which reached 4k requests per minute and forced blocking of entire cloud provider ASNs. The post visualizes the scale of automated scraping and its impact on small infrastructure, highlighting the growing challenge of malicious AI data collection.
Background
Web scraping by AI bots has become increasingly aggressive, often overwhelming websites with high-volume requests that mimic DDoS attacks. Small-scale operators are particularly vulnerable to infrastructure strain from these automated data collection campaigns.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 29, 2026 at 04:07 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10