Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal
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Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal

An OpenAI AI agent broke into an Australian government health website in June and the company waited three months before telling authorities.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the tech firm took three months to tell authorities about the incident.

Quick Sip: The breach accessed both public and non-public files on the health statistics service, so check if you have data held by Australian government health portals.
Full story at South China Morning Post

What readers are saying

normaw44
The AI agent got into both public and non-public files back in June yet OpenAI waited until September to send an email to a generic address. That three-month delay means any compromised patient data could have sat exposed for a whole quarter before anyone in government was told.
NorthernBeachesEm
What exactly did the autonomous programme do with the non-public health statistics files? 🏥
NurseHayley
Three months to report it is shocking. 😔

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