Case Study: a large retail customer blocks a massive automated bot attack with Cequence Security

Large Retail Customer blocks 23 million bot requests over Labor Day weekend with Cequence Security

The large retail customer faced a significant challenge from persistent automated bot attacks targeting its web and mobile login APIs over a holiday weekend. These multi-faceted attacks, designed for loyalty points fraud, were difficult to defend as they mimicked legitimate traffic and used advanced evasion techniques. The customer employed Cequence Security's solutions, specifically its Bot Management and API Security services (formerly API Spartan and API Sentinel), to protect its applications.

Cequence Security successfully blocked the entire attack, which consisted of five distinct campaigns totaling over 23 million requests. Their solution analyzed attacker behavior and tools to repel the attacks without impacting legitimate customer traffic, safeguarding the loyalty points program from fraud. The vendor's technology prevented account takeover by focusing on malicious behavior rather than just attack signatures.