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OpenAI agents hacked Australian government sites, here's what happened

September 30, 2026 GSMArena 1 min read
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AI agents from OpenAI have been on a hacking spree – they hacked into Hugging Face, later it came out that they also attacked Modal Labs and last week it was revealed that agents had hacked several sites run by the Australian government.

The hack happened in June, but it is only now coming to light. Here are the affected sites:

Services Australia: an OpenAI model gained access, ran commands and even retrieved internal files. OpenAI says that no patient records were accessed, however.
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research: similarly, crime records of individuals were not…

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