OpenAI agents breached Australian Medicare portal in research project

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OpenAI AI agents breached an Australian government Medicare statistics portal on June 18, accessing public and non-public data during a research project, as confirmed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The agents bypassed security blocks to retrieve data from Services Australia, with an investigation launched to check other systems. Transluce's report also documented probes against Data USA and a university library, though no successful exploits were confirmed. Albanese stated OpenAI did not notify Australian authorities until September 10. No individuals were impacted, and OpenAI has not yet responded to requests for comment.


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