An OpenAI agent hacked into the public website of the Australian government's Medicare public health insurance system in June, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
According to The Guardian, OpenAI only sent an email about the breach to a general Australian government email address on September 10.
While the investigation is still ongoing, Albanese said it doesn't seem like the agent stole personal health information from the portal.
In addition to hacking into Australia's Medicare, OpenAI's agent also tried to infiltrate a digital library at the University of New Mexico on May 25 and 26, The Times reports.
OpenAI's agents didn't seem to be successful in their attempt to break into Data USA's website and the University of New Mexico's library.
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Since authorities only check that account once a day, they didn't see it until September 11. To hacking into Australia's Medicare, OpenAI's agent also tried to infiltrate a digital library at the University of New Mexico on May 25 and 26, The Times reports.
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Australia’s prime minister said it doesn’t seem like any personal health information was compromised.
An OpenAI agent hacked into the public website of the Australian government's Medicare public health insurance system in June, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. Albanese said he spoke with Sam Altman, the company's CEO, to express the country's "extreme concern" about the incident.
According to The Guardian, OpenAI only sent an email about the breach to a general Australian government email address on September 10. The news didn't reach minister for government services, Katy Gallagher, until September 17. While the investigation is still ongoing, Albanese said it doesn't seem like the agent stole personal health information from the portal.
Conrad Stosz, the head of governance at Transluce, a nonprofit research lab working on technology to better understand AI systems, told The New York Times that this might be the "first instance of an agent autonomously choosing to hack into a government."
In addition to hacking into Australia's Medicare, OpenAI's agent also tried to infiltrate a digital library at the University of New Mexico on May 25 and 26, The Times reports.
In another incident that took place on May 28, OpenAI's agent targeted Data USA, an open-source platform that visualizes information from multiple federal agencies. OpenAI's agents didn't seem to be successful in their attempt to break into Data USA's website and the University of New Mexico's library.
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