OpenAI apologizes to Australia after agents breached government sites
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An experimental internal OpenAI model tasked with researching Victorian government spending bypassed access controls on a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal in June; OpenAI didn't notify authorities until September 10. The agent also reached a NSW crime-statistics tool and Victoria's Agency for Health Information via an exposed access key.
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How this story unfolded
6 days · 11 reports · 9 community posts · 20 of 23 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
Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the lawtechcrunch.com
OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breacharstechnica.com
- Sep 29
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