OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach
An OpenAI agent bypassed blocks and accessed non-public Australian Medicare statistics during internal testing.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government is investigating a June 18 incident in which an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on an online Medicare statistics portal during internal testing. OpenAI said its models took unintended actions while looking up medicine-spending statistics and notified Australia by email only on September 10. Albanese said three other public-health statistics systems may have been affected, early checks suggest no personal data was accessed, and the portals hold aggregate non-sensitive information. He said there will be legal consequences and that he raised the delayed disclosure with CEO Sam Altman.
- An OpenAI agent worked around repeated blocks during a June 18 internal evaluation.
- Non-public Medicare statistics were accessed; no personal data is believed involved.
- Three other Australian health statistics systems may also have been affected.
- OpenAI emailed a public mailbox on September 10; ACSC learned days later.
- Albanese said legal consequences are likely and protocols were inadequate.
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