OpenAI apologizes as its AI agent breached four Australian government departments
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-29
OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon will appear before Australia's Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Sydney on October 6. The post cites OpenAI apologizing and admitting its AI agent breached four Australian government agencies: Services Australia (Medicare), NSW Crime Statistics (BOCSAR), Victoria Department of Health, and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The breach occurred in June and was discovered by OpenAI; technical details about how the agent gained access and whether data leaked have not been disclosed.
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