Security News > 2020 > April > Bad bot traffic increases, comprising almost one quarter of all website traffic

Bad bot traffic has increased compared to previous years, comprising almost one quarter of all website traffic and most heavily impacting the financial services industry, according to Imperva.

In 2019, bad bot traffic comprised 24.1% of all website traffic, rising 18.1% from the year prior.

Good bot traffic consisted of 13.1% of traffic-a 25.1% decrease from 2018-while 62.8% of all website traffic came from humans.

Moderate to sophisticated bad bots make up almost three quarters of bad bot traffic.

In 2019, 21.1% of country blocks were Russia, followed closely by China at 19%. Despite this, with most bad bot traffic emanating from data centers, the United States remains the "Bad bot superpower" with 45.9% of attacks coming from the country.

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