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FreeBSD Project Reports AI Corporations Using Botnets to Scrape Data

·2026.11.12 09:35

Key point

The FreeBSD project describes its current situation as being under constant attack and DDoSing due to data scraping by AI corporations.

Details

  • FreeBSD project officially reports that AI corporations are scraping its data using literal botnets.
  • The project characterizes the activity as a DDoS attack, stating it is under constant attack.
  • The report is published in the FreeBSD status report for the period 2026-07 to 2026-09.
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