Case Study: a leading digital content platform blocks AI-driven scraping and protects original media with CDNetworks Bot Shield

Leading Digital Content Platform blocks 10M+ malicious crawler requests daily with CDNetworks

The customer, a leading digital content platform, faced significant threats from AI-driven crawlers scraping its library of tens of millions of licensed videos and music for unauthorized use. This automated scraping jeopardized intellectual property and strained platform resources. CDNetworks was engaged to address these sophisticated bot attacks.

CDNetworks implemented its Bot Shield solution, utilizing a three-layer defense model combining threat-intelligence-led blocking, context-aware detection, and intelligent behavioral controls. This approach allowed the platform to accurately identify and mitigate malicious traffic. The results were substantial, with CDNetworks helping to block over 10 million malicious crawler requests daily, detect over 90% of malicious activity on critical endpoints, and reduce server load and bandwidth costs while protecting creative content.