The rise of the machines. Whenever you buy online, especially if it's a limited stock item, you compete against bots and most likely lose miserably. Have you tried to buy a GPU/PS5 or even baby formula and couldn't understand how stock ran out after 3 minutes? Maybe, you tried to online schedule an appointment with government services but couldn't find available spots for the next months? Have you ever seen your favorite artist's concert tickets - sold for 4-5X of his original price? Bots operators are to blame. Every bot user can simulate thousands of concurrent human-like web interactions. They will buy everything you want before you even google it, take appointment spots with government services you will pay for later, win at every online auction you attend, and fake positive reviews that will make you buy scam products. Even when you are asleep, there's a good chance that a bot is trying to log into one of the 200+ digital accounts you own by guessing your ridiculously - predicted password. Malicious automation is here to stay, serving tens of thousands of hackers and retail scalpers while driving billions of dollars worth of marketplaces. During my talk, we will dive deep into the fascinating architecture, business modules, and techniques top-performing account crackers and retail bots developer uses to maximize their success rate and revenue. If you're: In the hacking community: you'll learn techniques top-performers probably won't share so they won't lose their relative advantage over you. Part of the CyberSec community: this talk will trigger many research leads you probably never thought of. Own E-shop - you'll learn how bots sabotage your supply, stock, client experience, and marketing analytics. Sneakerhead/Gamer - get to know how your GPU/PS5/Sneakers sellers really get their stock.