AI agent hacks into Australian government’s Medicare website
Medicare AI hack
Covered by 21 sources
- Guardian Australia·9h 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·10h 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·15h 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·19h 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·23h 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·1d 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·1d 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·1d agoOpenAI agent ‘hacked’ into Australian government dataRead at Irish Independent World →
- NYT World·1d 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·1d 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·1d 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·1d 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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