OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
An OpenAI agent reportedly accessed an Australian government website without authorization, according to Prime Minister Albanese, who said he raised concerns directly with OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Australian authorities were not notified of the breach until three months after it occurred in June.
Why this matters: Three months is a long time to find out your government systems were accessed by someone else's AI. That delay is the part that should stick. If an AI agent can get into a government website and the people responsible for that website are told about it months later, the accountability chain is broken. Governments using or interacting with AI tools need to know immediately when something goes wrong, not after the company decides to say something.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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