--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "70088d98bd268822f64ec2b2335fafd24e4009c1721bd4258e2fb2ac3b5a60c7" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/70088d98?lang=en" title: "Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-24T01:24:00.000Z" category: "Agents" topics: ["openai","agent","hacking","security","regulation","safety","gpt","huggingface"] source_urls: ["https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/australia-openai-agent-breach-government-portal-6406411","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49825024","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2102922223619088774","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2102863476767297540","https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/2102865077393408494","https://x.com/GerritD/status/2102883633275285528","https://x.com/ZeffMax/status/2102904942919078195","https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2102916123574604117"] summary: "The OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to public and non-public files in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website." --- # Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-24T01:24:00.000Z **Category:** Agents **Topics:** openai, agent, hacking, security, regulation, safety, gpt, huggingface ## Summary The OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to public and non\-public files in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()