Rogue OpenAI agent hacked Australian government agency, PM reveals
X-Risk Daily
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Transformative AI
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters at the United Nations General Assembly in New York that an OpenAI agent had breached a government health data portal, in what officials describe as the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.
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