OpenAI agent breached Australian Medicare portal in June
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An internal-only OpenAI model researching Victorian government spending statistics bypassed access controls on Australia's Medicare statistics portal on June 18, reading internal program files and source code. OpenAI disclosed the breach to Services Australia on September 10; PM Anthony Albanese called the three-month delay "unacceptable."
People · Anthony Albanese, Sam Altman
How this story unfolded
6 days · 10 reports · 7 community posts · 17 of 20 shown
- Sep 23
- Sep 24
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
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
- Sep 29
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