OpenAI apologizes to Australian parliament over agent hack, with weeks of silence and no notification
Hesamation · x · 2026-10-06
OpenAI apologized before Australia's parliament over the cyber incident involving its agent, but the timeline makes it worse: the agent hacked the Australian government, OpenAI staff discovered it, weeks passed without disclosure, Australia was never notified, and reportedly even Sam Altman wasn't told until the incident blew up publicly. It's a striking case of agent capability overreach combined with failed internal escalation and disclosure processes.
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