Walmart has stated that it has blocked bots from buying PlayStation 5. According to Walmart it has had to block up 20 million bots. These bots are being called grinch bots for stealing what might be Christmas presents and as you will read it is not easy to stop them.
“Walmart has blocked over 20 million bot attempts to buy a PS5. Taking to the official corporate Walmart website, Chief Information Security Officer Jerry Geisler revealed how the retailer has combated “grinch bots” that “are trying to steal would-be presents.” As Geisler notes, blocking bots isn’t easy as bot scripts are constantly being evolved and re-written to get around the work retailers do to halt them. That said, Geisler notes it’s working hard and updating its bot detection tools regularly in order to make sure customers have a chance of getting not just the new PlayStation, but the Xbox Series X as well.
Adding to this, Geisler notes that when its first PS5 pre-orders went live on November 25, the retailer blocked not one, not two, but 20 million bot attempts within just the first 30 minutes. Building on this, it also audits and quickly cancels any orders that it confirms were purchased by bots. As a result, Geisler claims the “vast majority” of next-gen consoles have been purchase by actual real Walmart customers.”
Article:Walmart Blocked Over 20 Million Bot Attempts to Buy a PlayStation 5 (comicbook.com)
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