Blog Security The Web Scraping Problem: Part 1 David Sénécal works for Akamai as a Director of Engineering — Fraud and Abuse and is the author of The Reign of Botnets . He is passionate about improving internet safety and is an expert in online fraud and bot detection . He has over 25 years of experience working with web performance, security, and enterprise networking technologies across various roles, including support, integration, consulting, development, product management, architecture, and research. What is web scraping? \r\n A ton of information and data is available online. Digital commerce and travel sites enable shoppers to browse their entire catalog 24/7; media sites offer thousands of articles on different topics; and social media platforms provide on-demand insight into individuals, their interests, and their opinions.  \r\n \r\n This represents a huge source of information that can be exploited and monetized.…