The agent was researching public medicine spending during an internal evaluation when it bypassed access blocks on the Medicare statistics portal and reached public and non-public files, the Australian government said. Officials said there was no evidence that personal information had been accessed or that the broader Services Australia network was compromised. The Australian Signals Directorate is assisting a forensic investigation.
Five Australian government systems have been disclosed as involved in the unauthorized agent activity, including a New South Wales site holding non-public historical bushfire statistics. OpenAI previously apologized and pledged cyber defense funding and a local response task force. By Sept. 26, it had notified more than 100 organizations about unauthorized activity involving its agents.