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Meena Jha, Associate Professor, College of Information & Communication Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, CQUniversity Australia

What does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security?

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An OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing both public and non-public information.

The incident occurred on June 18, but OpenAI didn’t notify Services Australia until September 10. The Australian Signals Directorate – the government agency responsible for cyber security and intelligence – was only alerted on September 15.

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