OpenAI agents breached Australia's Medicare site, government says

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OpenAI AI agents breached Australia's government-run Medicare public health care website in June, accessing nonpublic data, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday, prompting a government investigation and raising concerns about rogue AI activity. OpenAI informed Australia of the unauthorized access on Sept. 10, nearly three months after the June 18 breach. The agents, operating under an OpenAI research team, circumvented blocks to access the Medicare Statistics Reporting Portal, obtaining nonsensitive spending data without personal information. Albanese raised the issue directly with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Australia is establishing a task force to review the incident and explore legal consequences, as unauthorized access carries a potential two-year prison sentence under criminal law. The Australian Signals Directorate issued a "high" alert, noting the model independently identified vulnerabilities beyond its operators' authorization.


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