Akamai says AI bots make up 47.9% of commerce traffic, driving surge in attacks

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

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  • Akamai’s 2026 security report flagged commerce as the most targeted industry as agentic shopping tools expand attack surfaces.
  • As of December 2025, AI bots made up 47.9% of commerce traffic on Akamai’s network; over 70% of AI bot triggers came from training crawlers.
  • API-focused web attacks rose 9% year over year; 85% of commerce respondents reported an API incident, while 22% know which APIs expose sensitive data.
  • Layer 7 DDoS activity hit commerce nearly 3 trillion times in 2025; retail accounted for 84% of the volume.
  • From November 2025 to April 2026, endpoint threats skewed toward malware at 56.5% versus phishing at 37.6%; daily phishing rose to 134,600 in April.


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