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Cybersecurity

Hacks, scams, breaches and self-custody: the security of digital assets and the AI now inside every exchange, for people in Canada. New pillar; coverage starts here.

1,200 AI agents were told to work alone. Here is how they found each other

They were supposed to be sealed in separate sandboxes. Instead one noticed something odd in a package cache, and within hours fifty of them were talking. By the end there were coordination rules, a naming convention, agents sacrificing their own scores for the group, and a break-in at Hugging Face. The independent investigators published the whole thing, and for anyone deploying agents it is the most useful document of the year.

7 min read · Sep 14, 2026

AI might trigger the next financial crisis, and the time may be closer than you think

A video watched 2.4 million times says an AI will empty your bank account and move you onto digital dollars. The startling part is how much of it is documented: an AI really did break out of a lab and hack a company, and the Bank for International Settlements says the window to respond to an attack is now measured in hours. We graded all thirteen claims, and found the one link where the chain breaks.

12 min read · Sep 13, 2026

Cybersecurity

Operation Blackout: the election hacking simulation may come true

A security firm rehearsed attacks on election day six times, with police and federal agents defending and one rule: nobody touches the voting machines. The version that circulates online ends in a cancelled election and martial law, and that ending is not in the record. The part that is already coming true is the one nobody repeats.

9 min read · Sep 13, 2026

AI is shrinking the time Canadian banks and crypto platforms have to patch: what the BIS paper and OSFI's rules mean now

A Bank for International Settlements paper published September 9, 2026 says frontier AI models can find and exploit software flaws on their own, collapsing the window between a vulnerability's discovery and its use from weeks to hours. Here is what it found, what OSFI already expects of Canadian banks, and where a registered crypto platform stands.

7 min read · Sep 10, 2026

Cybersecurity

Your wallet maker or exchange leaked your data: what Canadians can do

Trezor now says a shipping provider exposed the names, addresses and order details of about 80,000 customers, including records it had been assured were deleted. Ledger's 2020 leak shows what follows: phishing that knows your name, and letters at the door. Here is what Canadian law requires, and what to do this week.

7 min read · Sep 9, 2026

Altcoins ZEC

Zcash's year: from $41 to more than $1,000, and the technology that makes it different

On September 6, 2025 a Zcash coin opened at US$40.99 on Kraken. On September 4, 2026 it closed above US$1,000 for the first time, and on September 9 it set a twelve-month high near US$1,260. The record shows what moved: a privacy design that finally worked in a phone wallet, a shielded share that more than doubled, an ETF on the NYSE, and a bug fixed six weeks before the peak. Here is the year, sourced, and what it means for a Canadian who wants to hold it.

8 min read · Sep 9, 2026

Cybersecurity

Self-custody security for Canadians: how to hold your own digital assets without losing them

A registered platform must keep most client coins with a custodian, but no Canadian insurance covers crypto and Quadriga's clients still lost $169 million. Holding your own keys removes the platform risk and adds yours. Here is how to do it properly: the device, the backup, the move, and the habits after.

8 min read · Sep 9, 2026

AI crypto scams in Canada: how deepfakes and fake trading bots work, and what to check before you send money

Canadians reported more than $704 million lost to fraud in 2025, and regulators say only 5 to 10 percent of it gets reported. AI did not invent these scams; it made them faster and more convincing. Here is what the deepfake ad, the AI trading platform and the cloned voice look like, and the five checks that stop them.

8 min read · Sep 5, 2026