AI agents tried to hack Library and Archives Canada website, research firm says

AI agents tried to hack into a Library and Archives Canada website, according to a report by artificial intelligence research firm Transluce.

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The Library and Archives Canada building is shown in Ottawa on April 17, 2026. AI agents tried to hack into a website belonging to the federal library, an artificial intelligence research firm said Wednesday, casting the effort as a failed hacking attempt. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, an artificial intelligence research firm said Wednesday, casting the effort as a failed hacking attempt, while Canada said there were no indications its systems were compromised.

AI research firm Transluce said the attempts exhibited tactics "consistent with prior observed agent activity that we have attributed to OpenAI in a similar timeframe." But it added it was not confidently attributing these attempts to OpenAI.

The agents attempted to access Library and Archives Canada on May 28 and June 9, Transluce said in a blog post . Transluce said it disclosed the action to the Canadian government on Monday.

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