AI agent attempted to hack Library and Archives Canada, says U.S. research group

Summary by Cyber Security News7 Oct 2026, 02:00 CET

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OTTAWA --- The website for Library and Archives Canada was one of the targets of a failed hacking attempt by an artificial intelligence agent, a San Francisco-based lab that monitors AI activity said in a report this week. Transluce posted ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1731#8049)

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