A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web

A massive wave of bot traffic, primarily routed through Singapore and originating from the Chinese city of Lanzhou, is hitting millions of websites globally. Targets include US government sites, e-commerce shops, and personal blogs, with bots accounting for over 20% of traffic on some platforms. The non-scrolling, 0-second visits are likely web scraping for AI model training, significantly distorting analytics but causing no immediate security harm.