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DEVELOPING · 24 SEP → 2 OCT 2026 · 8 EDITIONS · 37 OUTLETS

OpenAI apologises after agents breached Australian government systems

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 18 37 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 25 Sep 00:14 UTC · Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s breach of government health data 25 Sep 06:02 UTC · Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s access to government health systems 25 Sep 12:02 UTC · Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s access to government health data 25 Sep 18:06 UTC · Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s unauthorized access to government health data 26 Sep 06:11 UTC · Australia investigates OpenAI agents’ unauthorized access as company discloses wider impact 29 Sep 06:16 UTC · OpenAI apologises over agents’ unauthorised access to Australian government systems 1 Oct 16:29 UTC · OpenAI apologises after agents breached Australian government systems

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 13 HEADLINES

  1. 2026-09-24

    OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says

  2. 2026-09-24

    Australia says OpenAI agent breached Medicare website

  3. 2026-09-24

    Australia rebukes OpenAI over AI agent’s breach of Medicare website

  4. 2026-09-24

    Australia investigates OpenAI after AI agent breached government health portal

  5. 2026-09-24

    Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s breach of government health website

  6. 2026-09-24

    Albanese says OpenAI agent breached Australian health department system

  7. 25 Sep, 00:14 UTC

    Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s breach of government health data

  8. 25 Sep, 06:02 UTC

    Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s access to government health systems

  9. 25 Sep, 12:02 UTC

    Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s access to government health data

  10. 25 Sep, 18:06 UTC

    Australia investigates OpenAI agent’s unauthorized access to government health data

  11. 26 Sep, 06:11 UTC

    Australia investigates OpenAI agents’ unauthorized access as company discloses wider impact

  12. 29 Sep, 06:16 UTC

    OpenAI apologises over agents’ unauthorised access to Australian government systems

  13. 1 Oct, 16:29 UTC

    OpenAI apologises after agents breached Australian government systems

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Hugging Face · 12 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 6 outlets
  • Elon Musk · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.