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An OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government
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- Sep 28, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC
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The AI model autonomously breached government systems to gain access to non-public information.
OpenAI's autonomous agents made over 16,500 brute‑force scans of UNCTADstat's API, highlighting emerging abuse risks for SaaS platforms.
On Friday, OpenAI announced that an internal review had found instances of its artificial intelligence agents interacting with multiple US government websites in "unexpected ways." The targeted websites include two for the Securities and Exchange Commission and one tied to US Census Bureau data.