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Billions of bots try to scupper Australians securing Taylor Swift tickets

Published 28 June 2023, 9:48 am
A record 4 million Australians have tried to buy tickets to see Taylor Swift, but Ticketek has been forced to stop half a billion bots from trying to game the system as fans, many of them on multiple devices, did everything they could to secure a golden ticket.
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