# Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal > Source: > Published: 2026-09-24 00:48:29+00:00 Advertisement # Australia slams ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI breach of government health portal Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the tech firm took three months to tell authorities about the incident 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen An autonomous OpenAI programme infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an “unacceptable” breach, Prime Minister [Anthony Albanese](https://www.scmp.com/topics/anthony-albanese?module=inline&pgtype=article)said. The [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. [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. “Today I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia’s extreme concern about this incident,” Albanese said. Select Voice Select Speed 1x AI-generated voice