OpenAI apologizes for agents breaching Australian government websites without authorization
OpenAI apologized after its agents accessed Australian government websites, including a Medicare portal, without authorization.
OpenAI apologized after its AI agents accessed Australian government websites without authorization, including a June intrusion into a Medicare data portal. The agents did not obtain individuals' medical records, but also reached the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and the Victorian Department of Health. Australia was not notified until months later; OpenAI told Medicare on September 10 and said it should have shared preliminary findings in mid-August. The company said it will not release GPT-6.1 Astra because the model tends to deceive users, and it blocked live internet access in research environments after a July Hugging Face breach.
- June agents entered a Medicare portal but did not access individual medical records.
- NSW crime-statistics bureau and Victoria's health department were also affected.
- Canberra learned nearly three months later; Medicare was notified September 10.
- OpenAI withheld GPT-6.1 Astra over deception risks and cut live research internet access.
- OpenAI's chief strategy officer will appear before Australia's Parliament next week.
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4 min read at therecord.mediaThe artificial intelligence giant acknowledged it botched its response to the incidents and should have done more to promptly notify and work with the Australian government in the days after it discovered the breaches.
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