Post by DataDome

Halfway through 2026, the threat landscape looks different than it did in January. DataDome's Galileo team documented the threats and trends defining the year so far: 🎭 ChatGPT, Perplexity & Meta agent names spoofed as attacker cover 🛠️ Legitimate AI tools hijacked as botnet infrastructure 💥 A 2.45B-request DDoS in 5 hours with zero rate limits triggered 🔍 Browser vendors quietly removing key detection signals Full recap in the comments.