LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server
Summary
ACME Updates details a significant outage driven by LLM scraper bots targeting the HTTPS endpoint, causing high latency and packet loss. The author experiments by disabling port 443, which immediately stops the outages, illustrating the broader risk of bot-driven HTTPS load and the need for mitigation strategies for small businesses and hobbyist sites.