Web scraping or the unauthorized extraction of data from websites has become a significant threat to internet security and privacy. Cybercriminals use automated bots to mimic human behaviour, making it difficult for security systems to differentiate between legitimate and malicious activities. Further exacerbating the problem is the “scraping-as-a-service” model, which allows scrapers to automate and simplify attacks. The information harvested is used for various purposes including launching targeted attacks, manipulating online content, and even disrupting digital services.
Let’s Encrypt Halts Certificate Issuance After Cross-Signed Root Certificate Incident
Let’s Encrypt temporarily suspended all certificate issuance on May 8, 2026, after engineers identified a critical issue involving a cross-signed certificate linking the organization’s Generation
