A surge in demand for DDR5 memory, driven by the artificial intelligence boom, has unleashed a wave of automated scalping. Cyberfraud protection startup DataDome SAS reports that bots are now targeting DDR5 RAM product pages six times more frequently than legitimate users. In one instance, fraudsters generated over 50,000 scraping requests per hour, with more than 10 million attempts blocked as attackers monitored inventory and pricing in real-time.
The insatiable appetite of AI for memory, essential for training large language models and running inference servers, is pushing DDR5 prices higher. Manufacturers prioritizing higher-margin server-grade memory have further tightened consumer-grade supply, creating scarcity that attracts arbitrage.
Bots are not only targeting consumer brands like Corsair, Crucial, and Kingston but also industrial and OEM providers, impacting the entire DDR5 ecosystem from components to finished kits. Attackers are employing sophisticated evasion tactics, including cache-busting parameters and calibrated scraping speeds, rendering traditional security measures like IP blocking ineffective. Advanced behavioral analysis is now crucial to detect impossible traffic consistency and precision.