# OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says

https://mins.news/en/item/71428

- BBC News, 2026-09-23 22:23 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vgy0333dppo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government statistics portal in June, including public and non-public files containing non-sensitive Medicare information. OpenAI discovered the incident in August and notified officials on 10 September. No patient records are currently believed to have been accessed; the Australian Signals Directorate is investigating.

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