An OpenAI Agent Broke Into An Australian Medicare Portal. It Had Already Tried Bypassing Other Websites.

Source: International Business Times

OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents gained unauthorized access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June. AFP An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, retrieving public and nonpublic files after encountering restrictions while attempting to collect information about medical spending. The June 18 incident involved the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, a public-facing website administered by Services Australia.