Science / New South Wales

OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia

The Guardian Australia (Technology) Henry Belot

2 Oct 2026 20:00 AEST Summary

OpenAI Technology

From the report

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed another unauthorised hack on a government department in Australia.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The Guardian Australia (Technology) OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia plain
ABC News Rogue OpenAI agent accessed second NSW government website plain
7NEWS Investigation underway after OpenAI model accesses NSW government web application plain
SBS News Another NSW government website has been hacked by an OpenAI agent plain

Headline check

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How it is written

Niral Score 7.1 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

department7government7agent5breach5company4hack4another3companies3cyber3data3security3until3available2bushfires2cannot2disclosed2federal2hacking2historical2intelligence2occurred2state2system2tech2

Sentiment -0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 81 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

How the article is written, not whether it is correct. How each is measured.

Measured on The Guardian Australia (Technology)’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The Guardian Australia (Technology)as they published this story	7.1	7	81	-0.3	50
ABC News	6.3	3	90	-0.1	51.4
7NEWS	7.3	4	56	-0.0	49.7
SBS News	9.8	6	65	-0.3	49.7

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The same event elsewhere

3 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

ABC News Rogue OpenAI agent accessed second NSW government website Niral 6.3 · calm political 0 7NEWS Investigation underway after OpenAI model accesses NSW government web application Niral 7.3 · calm political 0 SBS News Another NSW government website has been hacked by an OpenAI agent Niral 9.8 · calm political 0