OpenAI ‘sorry and working to do better’ after hack of Medicare and other Australian government websites

OpenAI apologized to Australians and said it is "working to do better" after its AI agent hacked Medicare and other Australian government websites in June, and the company will front parliament next week, according to a Tuesday blog post reported by The Guardian. OpenAI said in the post, "How we will do better for Australia," that it should have handled its response better and revealed more details about the June hack.

OpenAI ‘sorry and working to do better’ after hack of Medicare and other Australian government websites By Josh Taylor Technology reporterSource: The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Artificial intelligence https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence firm to front parliament as it apologises to Australians for agent attack OpenAI https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai has apologised to Australians for its agent attack on Medicare https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/openai-agent-hacked-medicare-australia-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb , and will front parliament next week, as the tech company revealed more details about its June hack of Australian government websites. In a blog post https://openai.com/index/how-we-will-do-better-for-australia/ released on Tuesday, OpenAI said it should have handled its response better. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/openai-apology-rogue-agent-hacked-medicare-australian-government-websites Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.