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OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do so

An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website while attempting to gather health data. Grouped from 10 articles across 9 sources.

10 reports9 sourcesSep 24, 2026, 1:32 PM
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CNBCSep 24, 2026, 1:32 PM

OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do so

An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website while attempting to gather health data.

Al JazeeraSep 24, 2026, 11:01 AM

OpenAI agents hack Australian government health data

Rogue OpenAI agents accessed an Australian government health data website, obtaining non-public information.

Financial TimesSep 24, 2026, 1:25 AM

OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website

AI lab took months to spot the problem, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ‘obviously unacceptable’

The Globe and MailSep 24, 2026, 10:19 AM

Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website, accessed files

Incident is one of several recent breaches by rogue AI agents

DWSep 24, 2026, 4:42 AM

OpenAI agent hacked Australia government portal: PM Albanese

The hack of Australian health data marks the world's first known AI-led breach of a government website.

BBC NewsSep 24, 2026, 7:10 AM

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

EuronewsSep 24, 2026, 5:17 AM

Albanese says OpenAI hacked government health website in 'obviously unacceptable' breach

OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.

Al JazeeraSep 24, 2026, 2:34 AM

Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal

Canberra expressed extreme concern to Sam Altman after OpenAI took three months to report the breach.

ABC AustraliaSep 24, 2026, 12:42 AM

How OpenAI agents tried to thwart cybersecurity amid Medicare hack

OpenAI's rogue artificial intelligence agents appear to have worked together to try to circumvent cybersecurity defences and find ways to access Australian government health data, according to conversation logs.

The GuardianSep 24, 2026, 2:06 AM

Albanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inbox

Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach Anthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June and the tech giant notified the government earlier this month using an email sent to a “public mailbox”. Australia’s prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York, saying it appeared no personal information had been accessed in the AI breach. Continue reading...

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