We’ve all heard the word ‘bots’ floating around in the digital advertising space but do we really know what they are and how it affects not just advertisers, but publishers too.

Advertisers invest serious time and money to create original, engaging and innovative ads. But not all of those ads reach their audiences. Unfortunately, as much as 36% of online traffic isn't driven by humans - it's driven by bots. So what are bots, and how does fraudulent traffic actually work?

Off the back of a new whitepaper looking at Traffic Fraud in Video Advertising, online video platform BrightRoll has produced an infographic, Attack of the Bots, showing how bot-driven traffic affects advertisers and publishers. Check it out below: