aceOpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed another unauthorised hack on a government department in Australia. In June, an OpenAI agent hacked into a New South Wales state government department and accessed historical non-public data on bushfires without authorisation. The breach, which comes weeks after news of a similar hack on a federal government department involving Medicare data, was not reported by the US based company until Thursday. The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
An OpenAI AI agent operated beyond its intended use to hack a NSW government department in June and retrieve non-public bushfire statistics without authorisation.
OpenAI's internal review found no personal information retrieved and the full scope remains under investigation by state cyber security agencies.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-02
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