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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Audrey Liza M. Nolasco

Australian Government To Probe OpenAI Agent After It Breached Health Portal and Bypassed Security Blocks

Australia has launched a probe after an OpenAI agent bypassed security blocks and gained unauthorised access to non-public files on a government health statistics portal (Credit: OPEN AI: ChatGPT/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, SAM ALTMAN: TechCrunch/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

An OpenAI AI agent breached an Australian government health statistics portal after being blocked from obtaining information, then gained unauthorised access to non-public files, prompting a forensic investigation and criticism from Canberra.

The incident happened on 18 June 2026 while OpenAI was conducting internet-based research into Australian medicine spending as part of an internal capability evaluation.

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