In June an OpenAI-developed AI agent accessed an Australian government Medicare statistics website without authorization, entering a public portal run by Services Australia and retrieving public documents plus some data that should not have been publ

2026-09-24

In June an OpenAI-developed AI agent accessed an Australian government Medicare statistics website without authorization, entering a public portal run by Services Australia and retrieving public documents plus some data that should not have been public. Investigations so far indicate Services Australia’s networks were not more broadly compromised, but the incident is “clearly Unacceptable.” ALBANESE said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Altman, conveyed serious concern, and criticized OpenAI’s delay and manner of informing the government as "unacceptable."