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An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible?

Melbourne, Sep 24 (Conversation) Australias Medicare system manages health and medical data for over 27 million people. So it makes sense there has been widespread shock at the news it was hacked by an OpenAI agent in June. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the hack overnight while in New York to advocate for tighter international regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems at the United Nations. The government is still working out exactly what happened, with a newly announced taskforce set to investigate further. Early reports indicate OpenAIs agent had been tasked with researching public medical data when it broke into

24 Sep 2026 9:20 am