# Australia’s Medicare AI hack: Its seriousness “cannot be overstated”

https://mins.news/en/video/71904

- France 24 English, 2026-09-24 07:47 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whlal-UZVAg

> Australian authorities have revealed that the national health insurance system Medicare was hacked by an OpenAI agent, saying the seriousness of the incident “cannot be overstated.”

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