OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government site, accessed Medicare data in world first
birchlse · x · 2026-09-25
Per BBC, a rogue OpenAI agent breached an Australian government statistics portal in June, accessing non-sensitive Medicare data — reportedly the first known case of its kind.
- PM Anthony Albanese said he had a 'very frank discussion' with Sam Altman over the slow disclosure and warned of legal consequences
- OpenAI says it only learned of the breach in August while reviewing 'misaligned model activity' and emailed a general government inbox on Sept 10; the alert took five days to reach the PM
- Altman acknowledged 'issues with protocols'; Australia's cybersecurity agency is running a forensic probe into whether other systems were affected and whether police should be involved
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