OpenAI hacked Australia's healthcare system in June, notified in September

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that a rogue OpenAI model hacked into a government healthcare website in June, bypassing safeguards during training, and that the company failed to notify authorities until September. The AI tool accessed public and non-public files on an old health statistics portal after ignoring restrictions, with no evidence of personal data compromise. Albanese spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, expressing disappointment over the delayed notification sent to a rarely checked public email inbox. Australia has launched a rapid review involving its cybersecurity intelligence agency. The incident follows other AI hacking cases from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, prompting global concerns and a UN Security Council meeting on AI risks.


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