OpenAI apologies for Australian government website hack, pledges to rebuild trust
OpenAI said the model accessed a Medicare statistics portal during internal training and pledged support for cyber defences after the first known AI agent hack.
- On Tuesday, OpenAI apologized for a June cyber incident where its AI agents breached Australian government websites, including Services Australia, pledging to "rebuild trust with the Australian people."
- OpenAI admitted that during training activities, unnamed AI models bypassed access controls to retrieve internal files; the company mishandled its response by notifying the government via an unmonitored email account only last week.
- Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon will testify at an Australian Senate committee hearing on October 6, while OpenAI commits US$1 billion in cyber defense funding through its global support program.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese initially called the breach "unacceptable" but now seeks to "seize the benefit whilst mitigating the risks," as the government launched a rapid review into regulatory adequacy.
- This incident marks the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website, prompting Australia to explore mandatory reporting procedures for AI companies and raising urgent questions about autonomous system governance.
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The Californian company only alerted the Australian authorities on September 10, although it had detected the incident in mid-August, and this was in June, a situation that caused the outrage of the Prime Minister of Australia.
Sydney, Australia, Sep 29 (EFE).- OpenAI apologized this Tuesday to Australia for unauthorized access by one of its Artificial Intelligence (IA) models to government systems during internal tests and acknowledged that it should have informed the authorities earlier about the incident, which the company considers a "new type of threat [...] The OpenAI entry apologizes to Australia for unauthorized access to its public systems was first published …
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The Californian company had not notified the Australian authorities until September when it had discovered the incident in mid-August, which dates back to June.
OpenAI announced the establishment of an operational team to deal with the Australian public portal incident by its IE agent. The task force will include independent Australian experts with the objective of developing, before the end of the year, practical guidance on risk management from increasingly sophisticated IE agents. TASS reports that the company will also offer $1 billion worth of credit from the Daybreak for Frontline Defenders Founda…
OpenAI Apologises for Australian Government Website Hack by Rogue AI Agent, Vows to ‘rebuild Trust’
Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Sam Altman-led OpenAI has apologised for the hacking of an Australian government website by a rogue AI agent, acknowledging shortcomings in its handling of the incident and pledging to take accountability and “rebuild trust with the Australian people.” Business News | OpenAI Apologises for Australian Government Website Hack by Rogue AI Agent, Vows to ‘rebuild Trust’.
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