AI agent hacks into Australian government’s Medicare website
Medicare AI hack
Covered by 14 sources
- CBC Top Stories·3h agoAustralia says OpenAI agent hacked government website
Australia said on Thursday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorized access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.
Read at CBC Top Stories → - NZ Herald Technology·4h agoIt took 20 years to start regulating social media – will AI controls come sooner?
Australia’s OpenAI hack disclosure raises bigger questions about AI controls.
Read at NZ Herald Technology → - Irish Examiner World·5h agoAustralian PM 'extremely concerned' by OpenAI breach of government website
An OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on July 18, he said
Read at Irish Examiner World → - Irish Independent World·6h agoOpenAI agent ‘hacked’ into Australian government dataRead at Irish Independent World →
- Guardian Australia·7h agoAn OpenAI agent infiltrated Medicare – and Australia only found out months later. Here’s what we know so far
Experts say ‘fairly minor’ breach is a portent of things to come and proprietary closed systems like OpenAI are ‘the least of the worries’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says an…
Read at Guardian Australia → - The Conversation AU·8h agoWhat does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security?
peshkov/Getty Images An OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing both public and non-public information. The incident occurred on June 18, but OpenAI didn’t notify Services…
Read at The Conversation AU → - SBS Australia·9h agoWhat we do and don't know about the OpenAI hack on Medicare
An OpenAI agent "scaled the fence" into a Medicare portal.
Read at SBS Australia → - ABC Just In AU·11h agoHow OpenAI agents tried to thwart cybersecurity amid Medicare hack
OpenAI's rogue artificial intelligence agents appear to have worked together to try to circumvent cybersecurity defences and find ways to access Australian government health data, according to conversation logs.
Read at ABC Just In AU → - Smart Company AU·13h agoOpenAI agent hacked Medicare website, says PM
The incident took place on June 18, but it took until September 10 for OpenAI to inform the federal government.
Read at Smart Company AU → - ABC Australia Top·15h agoLive: OpenAI took three months to report Medicare breach
An OpenAI agent accessed public and private data after hacking into a Medicare data portal in June. Follow live.
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