Bots Now Account for over Half of the Internet Traffic and They’re Raising All Kinds of Hell
Thales said AI-driven bot attacks rose 12.5 times year over year as attackers increasingly targeted APIs and identity systems, especially in financial services.
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Bots now account for over half of the internet traffic and they’re raising all kinds of hell
While humans built the internet, actual people aren’t the ones roaming the online space the most. A new report from Thales says bots accounted for more than 53% of all web traffic in 2025, up from 51% the previous year. Meanwhile, human activity has fallen by 47%, which means automated traffic has now become the […]
Bots amount for 51% traffic on internet, AI-driven attacks surged 12.5x
A French company has revealed that the bots now dominate the internet, accounting for over half of all traffic, with 40% classified as malicious. Thales stated in a report that in 2025, AI-driven bot attacks surged 12.5x compared to the previous year.Titled “2026 Bad Bot Report: Bad Bots in the Agentic Age”, the report revealed a fundamental shift in how the internet operates, as AI-accelerated automation becomes a defining feature of modern dig…
The big increase in internet bots is largely due to AI-driven automation. According to the 2026 Thales Bad Bot report, 40% of all web traffic is malicious bot activity, with AI bot attacks multiplying by 12.5 times compared to the previous year. (Continue reading...) The entry Bots now represent more than half of internet traffic was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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