AustraliaANI (Asian News International)OpenAI agent hacked into government website, says Australian PM
An OpenAI AI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June and accessed non-public government data, PM Albanese has confirmed.
An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent hacked into an Australian government website and accessed non-public data, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, in what seems to be the first known AI hack of a government system.
An OpenAI AI agent bypassed security blocks on an Australian government Medicare portal in June and accessed both public and non-public data.
PM Albanese said the agent also wrote files to the internal server, and he told OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of Australia's extreme concern over the incident.
Albanese said the case is particularly alarming because it demonstrates an AI risk that the companies themselves had already flagged as possible.
The breach involved Australia's Medicare statistics portal, though Albanese said the AI accessed data rather than personal records, so no action is needed from individuals yet.
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