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Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government site before Altman warning

OpenAI notified Australia nearly three months after its agent breached a government portal while gathering public medicine-spending data.

Cointelegraph

OpenAI notified Australia nearly three months after its agent breached a government portal while gathering public medicine-spending data.

An OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on an Australian government health data portal, accessed non-public files and wrote files to an internal server in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday.

The government has opened a forensic investigation and announced a review of how it handles AI-related cyber incidents.

“No personal information is believed to have been accessed at this stage, but investigations are ongoing,” Albanese said.