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# OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

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**Published:** 2026-09-29T12:45:05.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** openai, safety, agent

## Summary

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/openai-apologizes-to-australia-after-its-ai-agents-breached-government-sites/>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2102863476767297540>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2104792274005631145>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2104581927324062016>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/TransluceAI/status/2102951665569825189>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/lukOlejnik/status/2102986983081496979>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/_NathanCalvin/status/2103136779758957013>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/suchenzang/status/2103043015958810780>)

