Santa Claus may be coming to town but bots are getting all the best Christmas presents

New research from Imperva shows that 71 percent of UK consumers believe bad bots are ruining Christmas by snapping up all the most wanted presents. It finds that 40 percent of consumers surveyed say they have been thwarted when trying to buy a gift in the past, only to find that it was completely sold out. As a result 19 percent have had to buy a more expensive alternative, 13 percent purchased a gift that wasn't as meaningful, 10 percent had to buy from a secondary marketplace at an inflated price and 10 percent disappointed a loved one by buying… [Continue Reading]