# Australia news live: Paterson says timing of PM’s AI hack disclosure was no coincidence

https://mins.news/en/item/73019

- The Guardian, 2026-09-24 20:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/25/anthony-albanese-open-ai-hack-united-nations-angus-taylor-coalition-ntwnfb

> Opposition defence spokesperson James Paterson questioned why Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that an AI agent had hacked Medicare at the UN summit in New York. Paterson said the breach appeared to be at the low end of seriousness because the accessed data was publicly available to researchers, but Australians were still entitled to explanations and contrition.

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