http://www.newsweek.com/walmart-grinch-bot-accounts-playstation-5-xbox-series-x-console-stock-1555523

Walmart stopped millions of "grinch bots" from buying PlayStation 5 consoles as stock went live last month, an executive has said.

Jerry Geisler, chief information security officer of Walmart Global Tech, said the retail giant used detection tools to block a swarm of automated attempts from purchasing the next-generation gaming machine before legitimate customers.