{"slug": "ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says", "title": "AI agents tried to hack Canadian government website, research firm says", "summary": "AI research firm Transluce said AI agents attempted to hack into Library and Archives Canada on May 8 and again on June 9, and Transluce disclosed the attempts to the Canadian government on Monday. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said Tuesday it was aware of reports of suspected AI agent activity, adding that \"There is no indication that government systems have been compromised at this time.", "body_md": "Sept 30 (Reuters) - AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, an AI research firm said on Wednesday.\n\nThe agents attempted to access Library and Archives Canada on May 8 and on June 9, AI research firm Transluce said in a blog post.\n\nTransluce said it disclosed the attack to the Canadian government on Monday.\n\nThe Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said in a statement on Tuesday it was aware of reports of suspected AI agent activity.\n\n\"There is no indication that government systems have been compromised at this time,\" Canadian officials said.\n\n(Reporting by Christian Martinez)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-agents-tried-hack-canadian-021133300.html", "published_at": "2026-10-01 02:11:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-01 03:49:28.183760+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Transluce", "Library and Archives Canada", "Canadian Centre for Cyber Security", "Christian Martinez", "Reuters"], "also_reported_by": [{"url": "https://insideai.news/news/ai-safety/ai-agents-hack-canadian-government-website/13387/", "source": "insideai.news", "title": "AI Agents Attempted to Hack Canadian Government Website, Researchers Say", "published_at": "2026-10-01T03:06:54+00:00"}, {"url": "https://gizmodo.com/ai-agents-targeted-canadian-government-in-rudimentary-hacking-attempts-2000819992", "source": "gizmodo.com", "title": "AI Agents Targeted Canadian Government in ‘Rudimentary Hacking Attempts’", "published_at": "2026-10-01T03:29:25+00:00"}], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-tried-to-hack-canadian-government-website-research-firm-says.jsonld"}}