{"slug": "australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal", "title": "Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal", "summary": "An autonomous OpenAI programme breached an Australian government health website in June, accessing public and non-public files of the health statistics service, and OpenAI did not notify the Australian government until September, when it emailed a generic address, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday in New York. Albanese said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express Australia's \"extreme concern about this incident,\" calling the three-month delay \"unacceptable.", "body_md": "Advertisement\n\n# Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal\n\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said the tech firm took three months to tell authorities about the incident\n\n2-MIN READ2-MIN\n\n Listen\n\nAn autonomous OpenAI programme infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an “unacceptable” breach, Prime Minister \n\n[Anthony Albanese](https://www.scmp.com/topics/anthony-albanese?module=inline&pgtype=article)said.\nThe \n\n[artificial intelligence](https://www.scmp.com/topics/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&pgtype=article)agent accessed public and non-public files of the health statistics service, he told reporters in New York on Wednesday.\n[OpenAI](https://www.scmp.com/topics/openai?module=inline&pgtype=article)did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent an email outlining the incident to a generic email address.\n\n“Today I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia’s extreme concern about this incident,” Albanese said.\n\nSelect Voice\n\nSelect Speed\n\n1x\n\nAI-generated voice", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3368577/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-government-health-portal?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-24 00:48:29+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-24 01:26:36.903920+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthony Albanese", "Sam Altman", "Australia"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/australia-slams-unacceptable-openai-breach-of-government-health-portal.jsonld"}}