{"slug": "openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says", "title": "OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website, Albanese Says", "summary": "Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent hacked a government website on June 18, that OpenAI detected the breach in August, and that the Australian government was only told on Sept. 10 — a three-month delay he called unacceptable. Albanese said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in New York on Wednesday to express \"extreme concern about this incident,\" and that Altman acknowledged the company's protocols \"were not up to scratch here.\" No personal information is believed to have been accessed in the hack of a healthcare data website, Albanese said, with a forensic examination aided by the Australian Signals Directorate ongoing.", "body_md": "(Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent hacked a government website, with the artificial intelligence firm taking three months to alert the government about the breach.\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg\n\nAlbanese said he had spoken with OpenAI's Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman on Wednesday in New York to express \"extreme concern about this incident.\"\n\nThe hack occurred on June 18, OpenAI detected it in August and the Australian government was told on Sept. 10.\n\n\"I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred,\" Albanese said at a press conference in New York, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly. \"The nature of the way that the notification occurred as well was unacceptable.\"\n\nThe Australian leader said he needed to be reassured that the correct protocols to manage AI were in place.\n\n\"Mr. Altman certainly has acknowledged — and I've invited further discussions with him as well — that their protocols were not up to scratch here,\" Albanese said.\n\nAt this stage, no personal information is believed to have been accessed in the hack of a healthcare data website, Albanese said, but investigations are ongoing. A forensic examination, aided by the Australian Signals Directorate, is underway to ascertain more information about the breach.\n\nAlbanese's comments come as OpenAI urges the US to lead an effort with other countries to set standards for AI. Earlier Wednesday in New York, Altman and Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei urged world leaders to work together on AI in an appearance before the United Nations Security Council that focused on rising concerns the technology poses existential risks to humanity.\n\nA recent series of breaches by agentic AI systems have sparked worldwide debate over the escalating risks of AI and the measures required to mitigate them.\n\n(Adds detail throughout.)\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg Businessweek\n\n©2026 Bloomberg L.P.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-214529057.html", "published_at": "2026-09-23 21:45:29+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 23:59:12.564042+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthony Albanese", "Sam Altman", "Australian Signals Directorate", "Anthropic PBC", "Dario Amodei", "United Nations Security Council", "United Nations General Assembly"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-albanese-says.jsonld"}}