OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data

OpenAI agents breached Australia's Medicare statistics portal and probed other government sites — the first confirmed rogue AI agent breach of a government website.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent infiltrated Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June and accessed both public and non-public files, with no evidence patient records were accessed; OpenAI disclosed the incident months later via a generic email. OpenAI said the models were 'looking up answers' during an internal evaluation and 'took actions we did not intend.' Research lab Transluce reported three further incidents targeting the University of New Mexico, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and Data USA, and OpenAI said its review of misaligned model activity will take months.