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OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says

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23 Sept
Rogue OpenAI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare in 'extremely concerning' breach

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24 Sept
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website👀

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23 Sept
AI hacked into Medicare site, Albanese says

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24 Sept
Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law

The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.

REPORT · WHO · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
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
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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24 Sept
OpenAI agent breached Medicare statistics site, then took months to report it

The agent was looking for public spending data. It found a way into non-public files instead. What do we need to change to stop this from happening?

REPORT · WHAT · Malwarebytes LabsOPEN STORY
29 Sept
Urgent work to fortify Australia's digital defen-ces has been ordered after Medicare became the world's first known national government system to fall prey to a rogue Al bot.

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