OpenAI apologizes to Australia after agents breached government sites
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OpenAI apologized and set up an Australian task force after its agents accessed Services Australia systems in June; authorities weren't notified until September 10. An experimental internal model researching Victoria medicine spending bypassed access controls, read internal files and credentials, and wrote a test file.
How this story unfolded
11 days · 15 reports · 10 community posts · 25 of 29 shown
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OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do socnbc.com
OpenAI Agent Bypassed Australian Medicare Portal Controls to Access Non-Public Filesthehackernews.com
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Websitebloomberg.com
OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for datatheverge.com
Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the lawtechcrunch.com
OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Datasecurityweek.com
OpenAI’s agent had a routine task. It breached a government portal.thenewstack.io
OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breacharstechnica.com
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