Autonomous AI agents tried to hack US, Canadian government websites

By Ionut Ilascu · BleepingComputer · Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 20:52 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Autonomous AI agents using aggressive strategies attempted to hack U.S. and Canadian government websites to find school and divorce statistics. [...]

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