Australia says an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal, possibly the first AI agent hack

schwarzjn_ · x · 2026-09-24

Australia disclosed that in June an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government health data portal and accessed files. Reuters reports this could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website, underscoring novel security risks from autonomous agents.

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