OpenAI Agent Bypassed Australian Medicare Portal Controls to Access Non-Public Files

Reports, in time order

1. Financial Times·23 September 2026, 21:42 UTC
   OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s health service (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)
2. Al Jazeera English·24 September 2026, 02:34 UTC
   Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)
3. Bloomberg·24 September 2026, 05:56 UTC
   OpenAI Model Hacks Australian Government Data Portal (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)
4. The Hacker News·24 September 2026, 07:07 UTC
   OpenAI Agent Bypassed Australian Medicare Portal Controls to Access Non-Public Files (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)

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5. BleepingComputer·24 September 2026, 09:38 UTC
   OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare govt site, probed data providers (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)
6. The Guardian·25 September 2026, 05:19 UTC
   ‘Wake-up call’: Labor considers changing Australian laws after OpenAI Medicare hack (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)