# Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal

https://mins.news/en/item/71630

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-24 02:34 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/24/australia-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-portal?traffic_source=rss

> Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI-developed AI agent accessed public and non-public data on Australia’s Medicare portal in June. He told Sam Altman Canberra was “extremely concerned” and disappointed that OpenAI took three months to report the breach. OpenAI says there is no evidence patient records were accessed.

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