# PM says OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website

https://mins.news/en/item/71385

- France 24, 2026-09-23 22:10 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/australia/20260923-openai-ai-agent-breached-australian-government-website-pm-says

> An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government website in June and reached public and non-public files. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government system.

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