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robots.txt doesn't do any sort of blocking. It's nothing more than a request. This is active blocking.
Although I'm not sure how successful it will be, given the determination of these bots.
A few of them are quite good at randomizing their user-agent and using a large number of IP blocks. I've not had a fun time trying to limit them.
Yeah dude, they're extremely malicious and not even trying to hide it anymore. They don't give a fuck that they're DDOSing the entire internet.