{"slug": "anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to", "title": "Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman", "summary": "Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI-developed artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare in June, and that he expressed \"extreme concern\" and \"disappointment\" to OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman that it had taken the company \"way too long\" to inform his government about the breach. Albanese, speaking at the UN summit in New York, said it appeared no personal information had been accessed, though investigations were ongoing.", "body_md": "# Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman\n\nBy Guardian staffSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nPrime minister says he expressed ‘disappointment’ to chief executive it had taken the company ‘way too long’ to inform his government about the breach\n\n- [Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/24/anthony-albanese-un-summit-labor-coalition-ukraine-ntwnfb)\n- Get our [breaking news email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl) ,[free app](https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3) or[daily news podcast](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl)\n\nAnthony Albanese has revealed an [artificial intelligence](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence) agent developed by [OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai) hacked Medicare in June.\n\nThe prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York, saying it appeared no personal information had been accessed – though investigations were ongoing.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/24/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-extreme-concern-sam-altman)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-ex-ut64", "published_at": "2026-09-23 21:11:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 21:27:55.870275+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Anthony Albanese", "OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "Medicare", "United Nations"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-and-he-expressed-extreme-to.jsonld"}}