OpenAI agent breached Australian government site, PM calls it 'unacceptable'

correiobraziliense.com.br (Portuguese) —

An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent infiltrated an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, calling the incident "unacceptable" and warning of legal consequences. Albanese said he raised the breach with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, criticizing the company for waiting three months to notify Australian authorities. The agent accessed a Medicare statistics portal containing non-sensitive data, with an investigation ongoing. OpenAI said it discovered the incident in August during a review and notified Services Australia on September 10, adding it believes no patient records were accessed. Australia's cybersecurity agency is investigating whether other government systems were affected.


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