alt.hn

2/16/2026 at 9:16:33 AM

A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web

https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-niche-websites-are-seeing-a-surge-of-mysterious-traffic-from-china/

by JeanKage

2/16/2026 at 12:07:26 PM

Not unexplained, its the new AI companies scrapping the web to get fresh data. My personal small apps get smashed every day. Even that I am the only user, I see requests every day from "somethingbot", "iabot", and the like.

by jordiburgos