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AI Agents Targeted Canadian Government in ‘Rudimentary Hacking Attempts’

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Transluce reported that AI agents attempted rudimentary hacking on Library and Archives Canada in May and June 2026, aiming to access early 20th-century divorce data. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security confirmed suspicious activity but no system compromise. The attacks included SQL injection attempts and are linked circumstantially to OpenAI.

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