DARK READING - July 24 - Between 22% and 35% of relationships now start online, and malicious bots are estimated to make up 29% of traffic on enterprise sites, according to a report quoted in Digital Trends. Inevitably, online dating and bots intersected. Hackers create bots on dating sites to steal traffic, obtain personal and financial data on customers, and sometimes defraud them. Relatively primitive bots can make matches, start a text or email conversation, and ask men to click a link that leads to paid content sites (that is, porn). Bots have a serious impact on dating sites, which lose traffic, advertising revenue, and subscription fees.
by Inbar Raz
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Summarized by the Courtland Brooks team
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