# DataDome Report: AI Traffic Up 82%, Agent Spoofing on the Rise

> DataDome's 2026 State of Bot & Agent Security Report finds that AI agent traffic has increased 82% and is increasingly targeting login, cart, and payment flows with spoofed identities.

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- Beat: Anti-bot & Blocking · Evidence: Primary source · Type/significance: research/3 · First seen: 2026-10-09T01:21:17.072157+00:00 · Updated: 2026-10-09T01:21:17.072157+00:00 · Edition: 2026-11-05
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## Briefing
- DataDome: DataDome's 2026 State of Bot & Agent Security Report finds that AI agent traffic has increased 82% and is increasingly targeting login, cart, and payment flows with spoofed identities.

## Why it matters
The sharp rise in AI traffic and spoofing means that traditional bot detection based on simple signatures is no longer sufficient. Security teams must now distinguish between legitimate AI agents (e.g., shopping assistants) and malicious ones that mimic them, raising the stakes for anti-bot vendors and the sites they protect.

## Sources
- Primary source · DataDome · 2026-10-07 — [AI Traffic Is Up 82%. Can You Tell Which Agents to Trust?](https://datadome.co/threat-research/state-of-bot-and-agent-security-report-key-ai-findings/)

## Watch next
How are major anti-bot vendors updating their detection models to differentiate trusted AI agents from spoofed ones?

Topics: DataDome, ai-agents, bot-detection, spoofing, traffic-analysis, security-report

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