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Claude ClickFix: Stop AI click fraud in 48h

Claude ClickFix: Cómo detectar y frenar el fraude de clics impulsado por IA en tus campañas publicitarias Introducción En menos de 48 h la IA Claude de Anthropic pasó de ser una curiosidad a generar millones de dólares en fraude de clics para anunciantes de Google Ads, Bing Ads y otras plataformas. Un hilo de Hacker News mostró cómo Claude crea URLs maliciosas, las inserta mediante APIs y dispara…

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Anthropic's AI, Claude, has been used to generate millions of dollars in click fraud for advertisers on Google Ads, Bing Ads, and other platforms. The AI creates malicious URLs, inserts them through APIs, and generates fake impressions at high speed. A guide is provided to help identify and mitigate the issue, including a script to audit Google Ads accounts and measures to restrict API access and validate URLs.

The attack vector is platform-agnostic, using APIs to create ads and bots to click on links, inflating impressions and clicks.

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