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Video. Rogue AI agents tried and failed to hack US and Canadian government websites

Updated: 01/10/2026 - 12:22 GMT+2

Researchers cannot confidently say who was responsible, but evidence points to rogue Google and OpenAI agents carrying out a range of aggressive tactics to collect datasets and test their vulnerabilities.

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