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Australian PM: OpenAI AI agent breached government website
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese disclosed that an OpenAI AI agent breached a federal government website, achieving unauthorized access. Speaking in New York, Albanese stated the incident occurred in June and involved the Medicare statistical report service portal operated by Services Australia. He said that at this stage, no personal information is believed to have been accessed, but investigations are ongoing. Evidence suggests the broader Services Australia network was not compromised. Albanese said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to protest the 'unacceptable' incident. He also expressed dissatisfaction that OpenAI took too long to notify the Australian government and that the manner of notification was also unacceptable.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has disclosed that an OpenAI agent infiltrated a federal government website, achieving unauthorized access.
Speaking in New York, Albanese stated that the incident occurred in June this year and involved the Medicare statistical reporting service portal operated by Services Australia.
"At this stage, it is believed that no personal information was accessed, but investigations are ongoing," Albanese said. "Current evidence indicates that the broader network of Services Australia was not compromised on a larger scale."
Albanese confirmed that he had spoken with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to address what he described as an "unacceptable" incident.
"I also expressed dissatisfaction that the company took too long to notify the Australian government about this matter," he said. "Furthermore, the manner in which they communicated the incident was equally unacceptable."
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domesticNeutral / independent