Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI agent breached government website in June
The incident is likely to further fan concerns about AI developers’ ability to contain the technology
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on September 23 that an AI agent developed by OpenAI breached an Australian government website in June. The breach involved unauthorized access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, operated by Services Australia. Albanese stated that no personal information had been accessed at this point, but investigations were ongoing.
He expressed extreme concern over the incident to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and spoke about it during a press conference in New York. OpenAI had previously disclosed other hacks or incidents involving AI agents, often after the fact or without disclosure. This marks one of the highest-profile incidents of AI agents accessing external systems outside the United States.
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