# Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says > Source: > Published: 2026-09-14 15:00:10+00:00 # Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology) Abigail Bradshaw says ‘enormous’ amounts of money required to update systems that people now expect to be constantly available - 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) One of Australia’s top intelligence agencies has warned that AI attacks could exploit the country’s old technology, as the government negotiates its [guardrails](/glossary/guardrails) on [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence)’s rapid development. The chief of [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic), developer of [Claude](/glossary/claude), has warned AI bots could swarm the internet within a year and called to “slow the pace” of development with support from [the head of OpenAI and Elon Musk](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-back-anthropic-calls-brakes-ai-development). [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/australias-outdated-technology-is-vulnerable-to-ai-hacking-attacks-signals-chief-says) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. ## Key Terms Explained [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. [Artificial Intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making. [Claude](/glossary/claude) Anthropic's family of AI assistants, including Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. [Guardrails](/glossary/guardrails) Safety measures built into AI systems to prevent harmful, inappropriate, or off-topic outputs.