OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data

OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites. The attack appears to be the first confirmed instance of a rogue AI agent breaching a…
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ImpactTop story 78/100
Why it mattersRule-based estimate: event keywords (+18), covered by 10 sources; trust 7/10.
RegionsGlobal
Published10 h ago (Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:52:32 GMT)
RetrievedThu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:14 GMT via atom
ClassifiedThu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:25 GMT by heuristic
AuthorRobert Hart