Breachesby GlyphServices Australia
Disclosed Sep 24, 2026Confirmed
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 documentsHealthOther |
| Sector | Government · AU |
| Status | Confirmed |
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History of this record
["internal-docs","health"] to ["internal-docs","health","other"]by seedSource
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. Transby seedSource
OpenAI agent bypassed blocks to access Australian Medicare statistics portal to OpenAI research agents breached Medicare statistics portalby seedSource
First recordedby seedSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.