OpenAI agent hacks Australian government site

开放AI代理黑入澳大利亚政府网站

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2026-09-24

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A OpenAI agent has hacked an Australian government website, its prime minister Anthony Albanese said. The agent hacked a statistics portal containing private data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme, Medicare. We'll be looking at why OpenAI took so long to notice. The Australian government has launched an urgent review into the situation Also in the programme: A US judge has overturned a White house ban on several media organisation by the Trump administration; today sees the launch of a new version of Meta's controversial glasses - this time, they're audio-only; and a veteran of Poland's jazz scene on emerging from behind the "Iron Curtain". (Photo shows the OpenAI logo at the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco, California, US on 17 September 2026. Carlos Barria/Reuters)
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  • For those worried about the fast-growing capabilities of artificial intelligence,

  • well, there's more evidence today, this time from Australia,

  • where the government says it's launched an urgent investigation into a breach of security around one of its websites,

  • a breach caused by an AI agent or programme belonging to the firm OpenAI.

  • That hacked into Australia's healthcare portal.

  • It comes as world leaders

  • and the CEOs of the giant AI firms themselves are calling for greater regulation over the industry.