OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
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OpenAI’s automated agent accessed a government health-department website, retrieving non-public information. The breach was discovered in June, but the company did not disclose it until three months later. Australian authorities, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, expressed extreme concern and announced the incident at the United Nations.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Reuters·Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website, checks for more breaches - Reuters
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website, checks for more breaches Reuters
- BBC News·OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.
- Al Jazeera·Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal
Canberra expressed extreme concern to Sam Altman after OpenAI took three months to report the breach.
- NPR·OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal.
- Al Jazeera·OpenAI agents hack Australian government health data
Rogue OpenAI agents accessed an Australian government health data website, obtaining non-public information.
- BBC News·Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?
News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.
- BBC News·Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
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