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title: "Akamai says AI bots make up 47.9% of commerce traffic, driving surge in attacks"
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description: "Akamai's 2026 security report identifies commerce as the most targeted industry due to expanding attack surfaces from agentic shopping tools. AI bots accounted for 47.9% of commerce traffic by December 2025, with over 70% originating from training crawlers. API-focused web attacks rose 9% year-over-year, and Layer 7 DDoS activity hit commerce nearly 3 trillion times in 2025. Endpoint threats skewed toward malware (56.5%) versus phishing (37.6%)."
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# Akamai says AI bots make up 47.9% of commerce traffic, driving surge in attacks

-   Akamai’s 2026 security report flagged commerce as the most targeted industry as agentic shopping tools expand attack surfaces. \* As of December 2025, AI bots made up 47.9% of commerce traffic on Akamai’s network; over 70% of AI bot triggers came from training crawlers. \* API-focused web attacks rose 9% year over year; 85% of commerce respondents reported an API incident, while 22% know which APIs expose sensitive data. \* Layer 7 DDoS activity hit commerce nearly 3 trillion times in 2025; retail accounted for 84% of the volume. \* From November 2025 to April 2026, endpoint threats skewed toward malware at 56.5% versus phishing at 37.6%; daily phishing rose to 134,600 in April. Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Akamai Technologies Inc. published the original content used to generate this news brief via GlobeNewswire (Ref. ID: 202607150628PRIMZONEFULLFEED9761218) on July 15, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. © Copyright 2026 - Public Technologies (PUBT)

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