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Codeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. (i.imgur.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35852706

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[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 38 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Crazy. DDoS attacks are illegal here in the UK.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

The problem is that hundreds of bad actors doing the same thing independently of one another means it does not qualify as a DDoS attack. Maybe it’s time we start legally restricting bots and crawlers, though.

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

So, sue the attackers?