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Published: October 19, 2026 at 9:58a.m. EDTBNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. WASHINGTON — Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins. Yet the hacker did almost none of the work. The cybercriminal instead outsourced the hacking spree almost entirely to artificial intelligence, tasking AI agents with spending hours autonomously probing and breaking into targeted sites, according to Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at the cybersecurity company NorForge. In a report provided to Reuters ahead of publication on Monday, Fagerland said the hacker was one of several he discovered while scanning the web for inadvertently exposed instances of Cairn, an open-source AI problem-solving platform popular with hackers. Beginning around Oct.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 9:45a.m. EDTOTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 3.1 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets):— St. John’s, N. L.: 4.6 per cent (4.4)— Charlottetown-Summerside: 5.6 per cent (4.5)— Halifax: 5.4 per cent (4.8)— Saint John, N. B.: 4.8 per cent (4.2)— Quebec City: 3.3 per cent (3.1)— Montreal: 3.0 per cent (3.0)— Ottawa: 3.0 per cent (2.9)— Toronto: 2.1 per cent (2.1)— Thunder Bay, Ont.: 2.8 per cent (3.3)— Winnipeg: 4.2 per cent (4.3)— Regina: 3.4 per cent (3.3)— Saskatoon: 3.1 per cent (3.6)— Edmonton: 3.5 per cent (3.7)— Calgary: 3.4 per cent (3.8)— Vancouver: 3.0 per cent (2.8)— Victoria: 3.4 per cent (3.2)— Whitehorse: 6.1 per cent (5.9)— Yellowknife: 4.7 per cent (4.7)— Iqaluit: 3.0 per cent (3.4)This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026. The Canadian Press

EconomicsPublished: October 19, 2026 at 9:37a.m. EDTA pump at a gas station is seen in Toronto, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 3.1 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):— Newfoundland and Labrador: 4.7 per cent (4.3)— Prince Edward Island: 5.7 per cent (4.4)— Nova Scotia: 5.6 per cent (5.1)— New Brunswick: 5.0 per cent (4.6)— Quebec: 3.1 per cent (3.1)— Ontario: 2.5 per cent (2.4)— Manitoba: 4.4 per cent (4.4)— Saskatchewan: 3.3 per cent (3.5)— Alberta: 3.6 per cent (3.8)— British Columbia: 3.0 per cent (3.0)This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.