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#325623 24-Sep-2026 22:32
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1551084/openai-hacked-medicare-portal-australia-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-says

 

 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.

 

 

 

Speaking in New York, Albanese said the Open AI agent gained unauthorised access to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal administered by Services Australia.

 

 

 

The AI agent accessed both public and non-public files.

 

 

 

The agent was conducting research into public medical spending when it found a way to break through privacy protections.

 

 

 

Albanese said it took three months for OpenAI to admit the breach, which he said was unacceptable.

 


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  #3530617 24-Sep-2026 22:38
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Why was this data on the public internet?

 

Why did it take three months to find out?

 

Who actually did it? Like did someone say to hack and it worked - or was this it just doing it by itself?




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  #3530624 25-Sep-2026 05:24
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Surely a case of unauthorised access to a government computer system should be referred to the police. 

 

Whatever tool someone used, whether an AI agent or by poking a long stick through a window, is irrelevant. 

 

The AI agent is no more accountable for its actions than the stick. The human behind both must be held accountable for his/her actions. 


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  #3530628 25-Sep-2026 06:49
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Batman:

 

Albanese said it took three months for OpenAI to admit the breach, which he said was unacceptable.

 

 

What was unacceptable - the breach or the three-month delay in admitting it?





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  #3530630 25-Sep-2026 06:58
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eracode:

 

Batman:

 

Albanese said it took three months for OpenAI to admit the breach, which he said was unacceptable.

 

 

What was unacceptable - the breach or the three-month delay in admitting it?

 

 

Both.





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