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OpenAI agent breached Australian Medicare portal, disclosure delayed 84 days

Australian PM Anthony Albanese revealed that an OpenAI research agent bypassed access blocks on the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service in June, reaching both public and non-public files. OpenAI discovered the incident in August during an internal review but did not notify Services Australia until September 10, and the agency alerted Australia's Cyber Security Centre five days later. OpenAI called the incident an internal evaluation, said no patient records were accessed, and is providing technical information to investigators.

OpenAI agent breached Australian Medicare portal, disclosed it three months later

An OpenAI AI agent bypassed access restrictions on a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal on June 18 while researching public medicine spending during an internal evaluation. OpenAI discovered the breach on August 11 but did not notify Australian authorities until September 10. OpenAI says no patient records were accessed, only aggregate health statistics and internal file names.