OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canada’s gov’t

AI giant says it is reviewing report of attempted cyberattack on Canada’s national archives agency.Published On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026OpenAI has confirmed that it is reviewing a report of a failed hacking attempt against a Canadian government body in the latest incident to highlight cybersecurity concerns about artificial intelligence.The AI giant said on Wednesday that it was reviewing the alleged cyberattack against Canada’s national archives agency and had provided an initial briefing to Canadian officials.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Execution of US woman Christa Pike fails after botched lethal injectionlist 2 of 4‘Catastrophic year’ as Swiss glaciers lose 5% of ice after heatwaveslist 3 of 4Gaza prepares to bury 105 Palestinians killed in October 2023list 4 of 4Mourners bury DR Congo official killed after defending Ebola responseend of list“Our priority is to provide affected organisations with accurate, useful information, and we’ll keep refining our approach as we learn more,” a spokesperson for the San Francisco-based company said in a statement to Al Jazeera.The spokesperson added that much of the misaligned activity under review by the company involved “rou...