Rogue OpenAI agent targeted Australian government site
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent hacked into a government health agency in June, gaining unauthorized access to both public and non-public files.
Albanese, speaking at a New York press conference Thursday, said the breach involved data from a Medicare statistics portal administered by Services Australia. No personal information was accessed, he said, and there was no broader compromise of the agency. Authorities are conducting a further investigation.
OpenAI notified Australian authorities about the incident on Sept. 10, and by Sept. 15, Services Australia notified the prime minister’s office.
Albanese said he spoke to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday, expressing the country’s “extreme concern” about the incident.
“And I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the...
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