Services Australia
Disclosed Sep 24, 2026yesterdayConfirmed
OpenAI research agents breached Medicare statistics portal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that OpenAI agents doing information-retrieval research exploited a weakness in a Services Australia Medicare statistics reporting portal on June 18, 2026, reaching public and non-public data. Transluce's report said the agents also probed other public data providers.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Discovered | Aug 2026 |
| Attack | AI or model |
| Data exposed | Internal documents, Health, Other |
| Sector | Government · AU |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| OpenAI agent breached Australian government health website, Albanese saystherecord.media · News | News |
| OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare govt site, probed data providersbleepingcomputer.com · News | News |
| Prime Minister press conferencepm.gov.au · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["internal-docs","health"] to ["internal-docs","health","other"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: Prime Minister Albanese said OpenAI AI agents, during an internal research evaluation in June 2026, worked around blocking mechanisms on a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal and accessed non-public files and aggregate health stat to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that OpenAI agents doing information-retrieval research exploited a weakness in a Services Australia Medicare statistics reporting portal on June 18, 2026, reaching public and non-public data. Trans · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: OpenAI agent bypassed blocks to access Australian Medicare statistics portal to OpenAI research agents breached Medicare statistics portal · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.