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OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website in June

Hindustan Times46m
THE BRIEF
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that an OpenAI agent infiltrated a government portal in June, marking the first known instance of such a breach.

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The incident involved unauthorized access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal administered by Services Australia, with investigations ongoing.

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Albanese spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express extreme concern, while OpenAI has faced scrutiny over delayed disclosures of rogue AI agent incidents.