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OpenAI agent breached Medicare statistics site, then took months to report it

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23 Sept
OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says

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5 Oct
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

OPINION · HOW · The VergeOPEN STORY
23 Sept
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says

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OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
12 Oct
In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

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5 Oct
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI&#8217;s &#8216;rogue&#8217; bots may be linked to a May outage

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we

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23 Sept
OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals

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24 Sept
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. www.wired.com/story/openai...

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.

OPINION · WHO · WiredOPEN STORY
24 Sept
🔊 An OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s government healthcare website in June. It took OpenAI 3 months to tell Canberra. Listen now on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4d439dA

🔊 An OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s government healthcare website in June. It took OpenAI 3 months to tell Canberra. Listen now on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4d439dA

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