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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by pancsta on Saturday January 17, 2026 @09:01AM (#46658123)
“Residential IP” sounds expensive though…
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Re:LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet by overfeed on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:25PM (#46659861)
Scraper proxying is another way to monetize botnets, and I suspect those "providers" are not expensive.
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