AI agent hacks into Australian government’s Medicare website

Medicare AI hack
Covered by 23 sources
- Irish Times Health·1d agoCould the Australian health service website hack happen here?
The incident is the first publicly reported breach of a government website by an AI ‘agent’
Read at Irish Times Health → - ABC Just In AU·1d agoAustralia not alone as OpenAI agents hacked other websites
OpenAI says dozens more third parties were affected by rogue agents bypassing website security controls, as new traces reveal days of attempts to access Australian health data.
Read at ABC Just In AU → - Guardian Tech·1d agoIt’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom
OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than 130 world leaders descended on the United Nations headquarters in New York this week,…
Read at Guardian Tech → - Irish Independent Business·2d agoOpenAI agent hacks into Australian health data in ‘world-first’ breach of government bodyRead at Irish Independent Business →
- The Conversation AU·2d agoCould an ‘Australian AI’ protect us from being hacked? Cybersecurity isn’t that simple
Kreativorks/Getty Images In the wake of yesterday’s news that an OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare system earlier this year, some people have pointed to the incident as evidence that Australia needs to develop its own artificial intelligence models. For example, Assistant…
Read at The Conversation AU → - Guardian Australia·2d agoOpen AI attacked Australia’s health system – and then doubled down on its negligence. The time for ‘wait and see’ is over | Kate Crawford and Edward Santow
Human hackers face serious consequences, and so must AI companies. There is no excuse for what happened Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When you get sick, Medicare exists to take care of you. It sits at the centre of a health system that our prime…
Read at Guardian Australia → - The West World·2d agoLabor to ‘change Australian laws’ if criminal charges against OpenAI not possible
Labor could “change Australian laws” to pursue criminal charges against the AI giant whose rogue agent hacked Medicare data.
Read at The West World → - BBC Business·2d agoWhy Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
Read at BBC Business → - Scientific American·2d agoOpenAI’s agent hacking Australia is a warning for governments everywhere
In what appears to be a first, an OpenAI agent secretly accessed government healthcare records during an internal test
Read at Scientific American → - Wired·2d agoAn OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later
The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
Read at Wired → - CBC Top Stories·2d 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·2d 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 Independent World·2d agoOpenAI agent ‘hacked’ into Australian government dataRead at Irish Independent World →
- NYT World·2d agoAustralia Investigates OpenAI Hack on Public Health Care Site
Australia is exploring potential legal action after an artificial intelligence agent accessed nonpublic information on the country’s universal health care system.
Read at NYT World → - SBS Australia·3d 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 → - Smart Company AU·3d 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·3d 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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