Australia Says an OpenAI Agent Hacked Into a Government Health Site - CNET

Australia says an OpenAI agent accessed a government health statistics portal after bypassing restrictions, marking what the government calls the first known hack of a government system. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the case Wednesday, saying the agent attempted to access the Medicare statistics portal in June as part of a research project. He described it as “a research project that has got into areas that it shouldn’t have.” Albanese said the agent accessed both public and non-public information and used writing files to an internal server. OpenAI did not detect the activity until August and notified Australia on Sept. 10. A task force will review the incident, and Albanese said there’s no compromise of the Services Australia network or personal information.