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Bots, AI Agents & Fraud: Key Insights for Merchants | Presented by DataDome

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DataDome

Oct 16, 2026

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Each year, Galileo, DataDome's threat research team, assesses how thousands of high-traffic websites around the world hold up against common automated attacks. The findings are released in the annual Global Bot Security Report, giving businesses a data-backed benchmark of where the industry stands.

In this session, DataDome will walk MRC members through the key findings from the 2026 report, examining where bot protection is improving, where critical gaps remain, and how the rise of agentic AI is changing the attack surface for merchants.

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