LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet

Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by velox_neb on Friday January 16, 2026 @04:51PM (#46652721)

I bet some guy just told Claude Code to archive all of LWN for him on a whim.

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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by tux3 on Friday January 16, 2026 @05:27PM (#46653058)

Some guy doesn't show up with 10k residential IPs. This is deliberate and organized.

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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by slicerdicer2 on Friday January 16, 2026 @06:12PM (#46653453)

There are multiple israeli companies who will provide you with millions of residential proxies at a per gb usage rate and a very easy API. You can set this up in minutes with claude code.

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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by fancyfredbot on Friday January 16, 2026 @07:00PM (#46653829)

These IP providers aren't cheap (cost per GB seems to be $4 but there are bulk discounts). The cost to grab all of LWN isn't prohibitively high for an individual but it's enough that most people probably wouldn't do it on a whim.

I suppose it only needs one person though. So it's probably a pretty plausible explanation.

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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by kleene_op on Friday January 16, 2026 @05:38PM (#46653174)

LLMs just do be paperclipping

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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by chrisjj on Friday January 16, 2026 @05:35PM (#46653143)

Can Claude Code even do that? Rather than provide code to do that.

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