// THE VERGE — INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE
OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data
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Australia’s leader said it was ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI took months to report the incident.
Australia’s leader said it was ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI took months to report the incident.
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OpenAI’s artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites. The attack appears to be the first confirmed instance of a rogue AI agent breaching a government website, adding fuel to rapidly intensifying concerns about the safety of advanced AI systems and the responsibility of the companies building them.
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an agent from the American AI lab “infiltrated” Australia’s Medicare statistics portal and “accessed both public and non-public files.” Medicare is Australia’s universal health insurance program.
Albanese said personal information does not appear to have been accessed in the breach and that there is no evidence of a broader compromise to the network, but noted “investigations are ongoing.”