TechOpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search of data

OpenAI’s AI agents hacked an Australian government website and tried to breach several other government and university sites. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an agent had “infiltrated” Australia’s Medicare statistics portal and accessed public and non-public files. The incident appears to be the first confirmed rogue AI-agent breach of a government website.

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