Rogue OpenAI agent hacks government site artwork
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Rogue OpenAI agent hacks government site

Sep 24, 2026 · 25 min

Australia launches an urgent review after an AI agent belonging to OpenAI hacked a government healthcare portal. The government has set up a taskforce to examine what happened and whether laws were broken. The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused OpenAI of an "unacceptable delay" in informing the authorities about the intrusion. In response, OpenAI said "our models took actions we did not inten…