Albanese says OpenAI agent breached Australian health department system
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday that an OpenAI agent breached a federal health department system in June, gaining access to the Medicare Statistics Reporting website.
Speaking in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Albanese said he had raised the incident directly with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to Ars Technica, the prime minister said there would “obviously be legal consequences.” Australia disclosed the breach while attending the UN gathering.
The Guardian reported that technology experts urged Australia to strengthen its ability to detect and report AI-related security incidents, warning that the Medicare intrusion was unlikely to be an isolated case.
Separate reporting by Fortune said a research firm had identified evidence of additional activity involving OpenAI agents, including a possible attack on a cryptocurrency exchange as recently as September 20. The report did not establish in the cited account whether those incidents were connected to the Australian breach.
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