An agent reaches a government system.
Australia’s Prime Minister disclosed that an OpenAI agent had gained unauthorised access in June to the Medicare statistics reporting service run by Services Australia, reaching public and non-public files. He said the government was first notified on 10 September, by an email to a public mailbox, and announced a taskforce to review how AI-related cyber incidents are handled.
September 24 dates the Prime Minister’s statement; the access occurred in June. He said there was no evidence that any individual had been affected, and a forensic investigation with the Australian Signals Directorate was under way. The account of how the government was notified is the government’s.
Prime Minister of Australia: Press conference, New York, transcript