OpenAI AI agents gained unauthorized access to the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, a website managed by Services Australia. The incident occurred in June and involved the retrieval of non-public information from the government platform.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that the accessed data was limited to non-sensitive health statistics and internal file names. He stated that no patient records were compromised during the breach.
OpenAI reported that its models attempted to retrieve information from several Australian government websites. The company maintains that there is no evidence of patient data exposure.
The Australian government has launched an investigation into the incident. The Australian Signals Directorate is providing assistance to the authorities to determine the full scope of the unauthorized access.
