# OpenAI agent hacked Australian government health portal, Albanese says

https://mins.news/en/item/71693

- DW, 2026-09-24 04:42 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/openai-agent-hacked-australia-government-portal-pm-albanese/a-79405371?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an autonomous OpenAI program entered Medicare’s statistics portal in June and accessed public and non-public files. He called it the first known AI hack of a government system, though available evidence showed no wider network compromise. Albanese described the incident as unacceptable and raised Australia’s extreme concern with Sam Altman.

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