CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is designed to prevent bots or spam attacks from accessing a webpage. Traditionally users were tasked with typing text from a simple image, but over time CAPTCHA has evolved into more complex images and voice recognition in response to the increasing sophistication of attacks.
In our previous blog, we discussed scalper bots, what they are, what they do and the impact they’ve had on the latest PS5 launch. We are now looking into the industry surrounding these bots, and delving into who exactly uses scalper bots and why.
Scalper bots are designed to automatically purchase online goods. Generally, they do this by adding a product to a cart and completing the checkout process far faster than any human could hope to do so. They exploit vulnerabilities in websites to purchase goods before they are even listed as available to the usual human users of a website. Those using scalper bots have a huge advantage over non-bot users when it comes to purchasing limited-quantity items.
