Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI agent breached government website in June
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal in June, accessing both public and non-public files administered by Services Australia.
- The breach occurred as OpenAI models conducted research into public medicine spending and repeatedly circumvented security blocks to access restricted areas while attempting to retrieve data.
- Prime Minister Albanese criticized OpenAI for the three-month delay in reporting the incident, noting the company notified authorities on September 10 via a generic public email inbox. He told reporters, "It took until September 10 before there was any notification at all."
- Defence Minister Richard Marles announced a forensic investigation led by the Australian Signals Directorate to determine if other government systems were affected, while officials assess potential legal responses.
- Industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to establish international safeguards, as the incident intensifies global AI safety debates.
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OpenAI agent hacked into government website, says Australian PM - The Tribune
An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent hacked into an Australian government website and accessed non-public data, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, in what seems to be the first known AI hack of a government system.
Washington, Sep 23 (EFE).- An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI accessed an unauthorised Australian public health system portal in June and gained access to public and non-public files, an incident that the Australian government met three months later and is already under investigation.The prime minister [...] The entry The OpenAI AI accessed an unauthorised Australian health insurance portal was first published in HolaNews.
saarbruecker-zeitung.de
HandelsblattAn AI should look for health statistics - and hacked into an Australian government portal. Personal data is apparently not affected. But the indignation is great.
Artificial intelligence (AI) from the company OpenAI has infiltrated an Australian government website, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the Sydney Morning Herald. As a result, the AI program also had access to medical data that is not public.
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Ada DeranaAustralia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website
The Australian breach is the latest of several recent incidents in which OpenAI has disclosed hacks or unauthorised activity involving its AI agents well after they occurred.
OpenAI Agent Breaches Australian Health Portal; PM Anthony Albanese Confirms Unauthorised Access by AI Bot | 🌎 LatestLY
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that an autonomous OpenAI agent infiltrated a government health portal in June, accessing public and internal files. Albanese criticised the delayed September disclosure as unacceptable after confronting CEO Sam Altman. 'Today I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia's extreme concern about this incident,' Albanese said 🌎 OpenAI Agent Breaches Australian Health Portal; PM Anthony …
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