The State of the Bad Bot Infestation [INFOGRAPHIC]
A recent report indicates that bad bot activity is on the rise and nearly half of all originate in the U.S.
There’s an infestation on the Internet, and by all accounts, it seems to be getting worse. According to a recent report from Distil, a provider of bot detection and mitigation software, bad bot activity increased nearly 50 percent and now accounts for over 23 percent of all web traffic. What’s worse, activity from good bots decreased and the bad guys now outnumber the good.
Many reports have indicated China and Eastern Europe as the origin of most bad bots.
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