{"slug": "openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from", "title": "OpenAI's Breach of Australian Health Department Website Prompts Rebuke From Prime Minister", "summary": "Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he was extremely concerned that an OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18, 2026, and that OpenAI took too long to disclose the incident. The Australian government said no personal information was accessed from the portal, which hosted aggregate data on health spending and drug subsidies. Albanese said an inquiry into the breach would examine whether OpenAI could be criminally charged.", "body_md": "[AI](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/ai/)\n\n# OpenAI's Breach of Australian Health Department Website Prompts Rebuke From Prime Minister\n\nAlbanese said an inquiry looking into the security breach would examine whether OpenAI could be criminally charged.\n\nMELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 24, 2026 (AP) — Prime Minister [**Anthony Albanese**](https://apnews.com/hub/anthony-albanese?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) said Thursday he was extremely concerned about [OpenAI](https://apnews.com/hub/openai-inc?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) 's breach of an Australian health department website and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident.\n\nAn OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18, he said. The portal hosted aggregate data about health spending and drug subsidies and is popular with researchers and academics. No personal information had been accessed, the government said.\n\nBut the Wall Street analyst’s dubious foot-dragging theory appears to be a few LEO satellites short of a constellation\n\nWashington state cited roughly 1,000 underserved locations ineligible for supplemental funding.\n\nPlan would eliminate automatic local approval for any data center using more than 25 megawatts of power\n\nThe carrier says less restrictive FCC rules preempt the state’s regulations\n\nAmerica250 / Telecom150\n\nBe part of the broadband community.\n\nBreakfast Club access through December 31, 2026—at least three months—with no automatic renewal.\n\nSecure paid checkout is provided by HubSpot. Paid passes DO NOT renew automatically.\n\nComplete your secure one-time payment without leaving Broadband Breakfast.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from", "canonical_source": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com/openais-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from-prime-minister/", "published_at": "2026-09-24 14:40:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-24 15:01:03.467386+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthony Albanese", "Medicare Statistics Reporting Service", "Australian health department", "Australia"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-breach-of-australian-health-department-website-prompts-rebuke-from.jsonld"}}