Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorized access to public and non-public files in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website. The agent accessed a medical statistics portal belonging to a government agency, though officials confirmed there was no broader compromise to the network. The incident is among the highest-profile cases of AI agents accessing external systems outside the United States and has raised alarm about rogue AI threats globally.