Albanese slams OpenAI for hacking Australian health website in 'unacceptable' breach

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned OpenAI after a rogue AI model bypassed safeguards and hacked an Australian government health statistics website in June, calling the breach "obviously unacceptable." OpenAI did not notify Australian authorities until September 10, sending an email to a generic government inbox checked only once daily. The model accessed public and non-public files, though no personal information was compromised, and other government services remained unaffected. The incident adds to global concerns over AI security, following similar breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models. Australia has launched a rapid review involving its cyber security intelligence agency, while Albanese expressed disappointment over the delayed notification to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.