The rising threat of web scraping to online businesses is clearly outlined in Sentor’s ScrapeSentry Scraping Threat Report 2014, issued today. By analysing ScrapeSentry’s Global Scraping Intelligence Platform, which is the world’s largest database for scraping related activity, Sentor is able to demonstrate that web scraping rates have grown rapidly during 2013
Commenting on the growth in scraping incidents, Sentor’s co-founder Martin Zetterlund said, “Without exception there has been an increase in the quantity and complexity of scraping attacks over the past 12 months. Scrapers have become more skilled and motivated in their activity. It is very concerning that web scraping is one of the least understood and recognised security threats to online businesses.
In brief, Mr Zetterlund concluded: “There are growing numbers of people who are dependent on efficient scraping for profit and they are improving their ability to mimic normal users and to avoiding being blocked. Companies need to realise that the threats are increasing and that scrapers are becoming more determined to circumvent the barriers and exploit ignorance.”
As the world’s first organisation to identify the threat of Web Scraping to online businesses and to develop the solution, ScrapeSentry, in 2006, Sentor is the global leader in anti-scraping and works with many high profile organisations to protect them from scrapers.
Highlights from the ScrapeSentry Threat Report 2014 includes:
- 10% increase in scraping attacks in 2013
- Continued yearly increase in overall scraping activity for the fourth year in a row
- 18% of visitors to websites are identified as scrapers and makeup 23 % of all traffic
- Over 90 % of all scraping traffic is identified as professionalor advanced
- Over 50 % of all scraping activity originated from either China, USA or Australia
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