University websites are being invaded by bots 02:33

The acceptance campaign in Russia started on June 20 and will last for more than a month. The newspaper points out that information technology is used more actively by applicants this year: The newspaper writes that they evaluate their chances of admission by using special parser programs “News”.

Such programs regularly scan university websites for changes in applicants’ scores, for example.

In the early days of the admissions campaign, the share of bot traffic on university websites reached 30%, information security company Servicepipe reported. This time last year bots’ share was only 10%.

Information security service providers also confirm an increase in the number of bots monitoring university websites during the admissions campaign. For example, StormWall reported that bot daemons are currently outpacing legitimate human traffic.

Bots track applicant lists and scores, helping applicants evaluate their chances of admission. By the end of the last admissions campaign, the share of bot traffic at some universities was four times higher than that of humans.

Parsers are often used to collect large amounts of data that are difficult to collect manually. They automate the process of collecting and organizing information from web pages. This helps applicants make a quick decision on choosing a university for admission.

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Source: Gazeta

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