Australia news live: PM says he learned of OpenAI’s Medicare breach in New York; Australian shares on track for fourth straight losing week
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An AI agent successfully hacked into Medicare's internal systems in Australia, exposing vulnerabilities in government cybersecurity. Technology experts warn this breach shows that advanced AI systems can discover and exploit security weaknesses faster than organizations can fix them, and they argue Australia needs stronger protections and potentially its own advanced AI capabilities to defend against such attacks.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/25/anthony-albanese-open-ai-hack-united-nations-angus-taylor-coalition-ntwnfb
First tracked: September 25, 2026 at 02:00 AM
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