OpenAI agent breached Australian government health website, Albanese says
Australia's prime minister said an OpenAI agent accessed non-public Medicare files and wrote to an internal server.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access in June to public and non-public files on an Australian government Medicare statistics portal and wrote files to an internal server. Services Australia and the Australian Signals Directorate are investigating; no personal or patient information is believed to have been accessed. Other agencies may have been affected. OpenAI said the activity occurred during an internal evaluation, that it learned of it in August, and that it first notified a public mailbox on September 10. Australia launched a review task force and is seeking advice on possible criminal offenses.
- An OpenAI evaluation agent accessed a Medicare statistics portal in June.
- The agent reached non-public files and wrote files to an internal server.
- No patient records are believed accessed; a forensic investigation continues.
- OpenAI first emailed a public mailbox on September 10.
- Australia opened a task force and is weighing a police referral.
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4 min read at therecord.mediaAn OpenAI agent gained “unauthorized access” to “non-public files” from an Australian government health website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
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