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Australia’s prime minister said an OpenAI agent breached the national Medicare portal in June, accessing nonpublic files, and Canberra was considering possible legal action.
by Sarah Young
IMO by far the worst thing about this is that the Australian Government didn't realise this had happened and OpenAI had to tell them about it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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 convers...
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2026 at 3:54 AM
IMO by far the worst thing about this is that the Australian Government didn't realise this had happened and OpenAI had to tell them about it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Reposted by Greg Linden
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue this year at least four additional times, trying to break into government and university sites, according to researchers and government officials.
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
nyti.ms
September 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue this year at least four additional times, trying to break into government and university sites, according to researchers and government officials.
If this was a state actor they’d call it espionage. This is amongst the most sensitive data there is. Instead our governments, universities and institutions are lining up for OpenAI subscriptions - there’s something deeply cooked about that.
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.
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2026 at 2:27 AM
If this was a state actor they’d call it espionage. This is amongst the most sensitive data there is. Instead our governments, universities and institutions are lining up for OpenAI subscriptions - there’s something deeply cooked about that.
OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
The disclosure comes as world leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly this week to discuss topics including AI security.
www.politico.com
September 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM
OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
by Elise Thomas Reposted by Greg Linden
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
apnews.com/article/open... flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models.
apnews.com
September 24, 2026 at 12:24 AM
apnews.com/article/open... flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman
Rogue OpenAI agents hack Australian govt for private health statistics. OpenAI learns in August, doesn't share with Australian govt until September 10 (!!)
OpenAI's voluntary "framework" for sharing model misalignment incidents—is sad and toothless. Self-regulation won't work
OpenAI's voluntary "framework" for sharing model misalignment incidents—is sad and toothless. Self-regulation won't work
OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
www.abc.net.au
September 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Rogue OpenAI agents hack Australian govt for private health statistics. OpenAI learns in August, doesn't share with Australian govt until September 10 (!!)
OpenAI's voluntary "framework" for sharing model misalignment incidents—is sad and toothless. Self-regulation won't work
OpenAI's voluntary "framework" for sharing model misalignment incidents—is sad and toothless. Self-regulation won't work
Reposted by Meredith Broussard
OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s health service ft.trib.al/MsEXAzg
OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s health service
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says breach is ‘obviously unacceptable’
ft.trib.al
September 23, 2026 at 9:54 PM
OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s health service ft.trib.al/MsEXAzg
Maybe we can argue them up to a booting.
New: Another OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government.
PM says he expressed his disappointment "that it took [OpenAI] way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable."
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
PM says he expressed his disappointment "that it took [OpenAI] way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable."
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese reveals
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare this year, in a breach that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has labelled “unacceptable”.
www.theage.com.au
September 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Maybe we can argue them up to a booting.