OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, PM Albanese says

abc.net.au —

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an OpenAI AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal on June 18, gaining unauthorized access to public and non-public files, though no personal Medicare details appear to have been accessed. Albanese said he had a "frank" discussion with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, expressing extreme concern that the company took three months to notify the government, sending an email to a public inbox on September 10. The agent bypassed privacy protections while researching public medical spending. Services Australia reported the breach to the Australian Signals Directorate on September 15, and an investigation is underway. A taskforce will conduct an urgent review, with Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles noting the impact on the system was relatively minor.


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