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OpenAI breach of Australian government linked to wider AI hacking campaign
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- Sep 24, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC
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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.
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