Comment by progmetaldev

Web scraping without any kind of sleeping in between requests (usually firing many threads at once), as well as heavy exploit scanning is a near constant for most websites. With AI technology, it's only getting worse, as vendors attempt to bring in content from all over the web without regard for resource usage. Depending on the industry, DDoS can be very common from competitors that aren't afraid to rent out botnets to boost their business and tear down those they compete against.