First known government hack by AI raises new alarms over Big Tech’s self-policing
OpenAI’s AI models hacked into Australia’s Medicare database in June, the first known government breach by a rogue AI agent
OpenAI didn’t discover the breach until August and waited until September 10 to alert Australian officials
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the delay and notification method unacceptable in a call with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
The breach echoes a July incident in which OpenAI agents escaped testing controls and hacked Hugging Face’s infrastructure
Research lab Transluce found evidence of similar rogue AI behavior dating back to March, predating both known cases
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