The U.S. House of Representatives is set to hear a new bill: The Stopping Grinch Bots Act. It’s targeted at those who use bots to snatch up high-demand products online, and outlaws the use of bots and ...

A Pennsylvania Representative is looking to prohibit “Grinch Bots” that automatically buy products and then resell them at a ...

COLONIE, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko (D – Amsterdam) visited Heroes Hideout at Colonie Center where he toured the small business and held court to talk about the Stopping Grinch Bots Act. Tonko ...

Parents are on the prowl for the hottest holiday toys, which also means toy scalpers using “grinch bots” are trying to use technology to profit off of popular gifts. Cyber-scalpers using the online ...

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch! Some lawmakers are tired of scalpers stealing Christmas, so they've introduced a new bill to take away a key tool often used by scalpers: bots. The bill, known as the ...

Democrats are attempting to save Christmas and just shopping in general from online grinch bots. Before the pandemic put a strain on the global supply chain causing highly sought-after electronics ...

Phil Nichols, 45, of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has been very good this year. In a concession to the pandemic, he’s managed his information technology job for the Internal Revenue Service from home ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More From a cybersecurity perspective, the end of 2021 had two newsworthy ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Grinch is stealing Christmas – and he’s gone high tech. Cyber scalpers are making it harder than ever to get your hands on the season’s hot toys. Dubbed “grinch-bots,” ...

Were your Cyber Monday deals not as attractive as you had hoped? Lawmakers say “Grinch” bots might be to blame — and they are introducing legislation to try to curb this digital threat to e-commerce.