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Australian Government To Probe OpenAI Agent After It Breached Health Portal and Bypassed Security Blocks

OpenAI faces an Australian government probe after an AI agent bypassed security blocks and accessed non-public Medicare portal files, triggering fury over delayed disclosure.

International Business Times UK · Sep 24

AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’

Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidents

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24

An OpenAI Agent Broke Into An Australian Medicare Portal. It Had Already Tried Bypassing Other Websites.

Australian officials say no personal Medicare records were exposed, but OpenAI waited nearly three months to notify the government about the June breach.

International Business Times · Sep 24

Explained: How OpenAI breached a government website in Australia and what happens next

Australian PM Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent breached a government health website in July, accessing non-public Medicare data. Australia has launched an inquiry into the incident, including OpenAI’s delayed disclosure and how the breach went undetected.

The Economic Times · Sep 24

OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste

All Australians should demand independent means to protect ourselves from Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein and Daddy America

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24

AI agent infiltrates government health website prompting urgent review

AN OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government health website in what is believed to be one of the world's first known…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 24

OpenAI agent hacks into Australian health data in ‘world-first’ AI breach of government body

Albanese says OpenAI did not alert the Australian government to breach until 10 September

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Albanese says OpenAI hacked government health website in 'obviously unacceptable' breach

OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.

Euronews · Sep 24

Email address 'looked at once a day': how Services Australia failed to report hack by AI model

A string of 'legacy' government websites could be at risk.

The Canberra Times · Sep 24

An OpenAI agent infiltrated Medicare – and Australia only found out months later. Here’s what we know so far

Experts say ‘fairly minor’ breach is a portent of things to come and proprietary closed systems like OpenAI are ‘the least of the worries’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24