Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says

How an OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s Medicare and what that means

Incident highlights growing concerns about AI's impact on cybersecurity and AI disclosure procedures, say experts.

Sep 24, 2026

Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal

Canberra expressed extreme concern to Sam Altman after OpenAI took three months to report the breach.

Sep 24, 2026

OpenAI agent breached Medicare

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the agent accessed material not intended for public access.

Sep 23, 2026

Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman

Prime minister says he expressed ‘disappointment’ to chief executive it had taken the company ‘way too long’ to inform his government about the breach Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has revealed an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June. The prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York, saying it appeared no personal information had been access

Sep 23, 2026

OpenAI agent hacked government site, PM reveals

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an OpenAI agent hacked a federal government website.

Sep 23, 2026

Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has revealed an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June. The prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York. This incident occurred in June this year and involved an Open AI agent gaining unauthorised access into the public-facing Medicare statistics reporting service portal, which is administered by Services Australia. The AI agent accessed bo

Sep 23, 2026

OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese reveals

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare this year, in a breach that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has labelled “unacceptable”.

Sep 23, 2026

Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.

Sep 23, 2026