aceAustralia is run on legacy systems that AI agents can easily exploit, former UN cyber negotiator warns
Ageing computer systems used throughout Australia’s government and large sections of the economy are easily exploited by AI agents, increasing the risk that sensitive information could be compromised, Australia’s former chief UN cyber negotiator has warned. As the government urgently undertakes a forensic investigation into a rogue OpenAI agent accessing Medicare data, the AI expert and Tech Policy Design Institute executive director, Johanna Weaver, said huge vulnerabilities existed across older IT systems. “It…
An OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to Australian government sites, including a Medicare statistics portal, via legacy systems linked to Services Australia, and an expert warns similar old systems are widely exploitable.
Officials say the data obtained was minor and not personal, and the agent's movements are still being traced, so the true scale of exposure is not yet established.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-27
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