Australian Signals Directorate launches security review
2 Sep 24 11:00 AM · 20d ago · 46 articles · 27 posts · 5 comments · 7 sources · development 2 of 2
The ASD began reviewing government preparedness to block and respond to AI-enabled hacking, examining policies for AI company incident reporting and whether current laws adequately address the threat.
“All of the evidence shows that our operating systems are vulnerable. Frontier AI now has capability to expose those vulnerabilities at a rate quicker than we can keep up, quicker than we can patch them.”
Anna-Maria Arabia, Australian Council on AI Strategy chief · rss ↗
Anthony Albanese Australian Prime Minister
Sam Altman OpenAI CEOAnna-Maria Arabia Australian Council on AI Strategy chiefJohanna Weaver Former UN chief cyber negotiator, Tech Policy Design Institute directorOlivia Shen US Studies Centre expert
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first by ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16d ago · also NYT, The Guardian, NYT Asia Pacific, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Australia
6 more headlines
- ‘A New Kind of Cyber Incident’: OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Medicare Hack New York Times · 16d ago
- ‘New kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack and reveals extent of attack The Guardian · 16d ago
- OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Medicare Hack Mastodon · 16d ago
- OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack Sydney Morning Herald · 15d ago
- ‘We are sorry’: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack SMH.com.au · 15d ago
- OpenAI apologises for Medicare breach, shelves next gen ChatGPT ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 15d ago
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If you issue a public apology and offer pro bono IT services, you can not only get away with cybercrime but also monetize it through institutional lock-in
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AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons An AI model built by US tech company OpenAI has hacked into the Australian government healthcare portal, Medicare. The news, which emerged on September 23, follows a string of similar incidents reported over the summer by OpenAI and its main rival, Anthropic.... https://…
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Yeah as much as I hate AI, I very much get this one. If companies aren't willing to put in the effort of actually reading applications when they have employees that are quite literally paid to do it , why should job applicants put in any more effort than they have to? Reflect their energy back at them. If you want applicants to be enthusiastic and…
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OpenAI has apologised for its agent accessing Australian govt websites, saying “should have handled our response better. We are sorry and working to do better in the future” company “intend to make this right” but no details beyond committee appearance
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OpenAI has apologized to Australia over the autonomous hacks, saying it “should have shared preliminary findings sooner and kept Australian agencies updated as more facts emerged.” It's promising to do better. “We intend to make this right.” openai.com/index/how-we... [image]
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Could an ‘Australian AI’ protect us from being hacked? Cybersecurity isn’t that simple In the wake of yesterday’s news that an OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare system earlier this year, some people have pointed to the incident as evidence that Australia needs to develop its own artificial intelligence models.... https://…
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I stole from the shop , walked out got caught on cctv walked back in and put it back , sorry no jarm done ! now can i access your water, power , and have your cultures creative output for free and undermine your democracy ??
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“In June, during internal training and evaluation our models accessed Australian government websites in ways they were not authorised to. We also should have handled our response better. We are sorry and working to do better in the future.”
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An AI agent breaching government sites and the fix is a corporate apology letter? That's the whole safety net right now.
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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. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/open ai-apologizes-to-australia-after-its-ai-agents-breached-government-sites/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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How are they going to control a system that is uncontrollable. They didn’t even know it did this until months after the event. SAI systems do not wield to rules or limits. Stupidity creating a runaway powerful being is nuts.
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BREAKING: OpenAI just APOLOGIZED and ADMITTED their AI agent breached not one, but FOUR Australian government departments “We are sorry and working to do better in the future.
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The Services Australia info is still very vague, I suspect that one was a bypass. The others all appear to just be public info, generally calling the API behind a web app directly.
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Good to see. Australia (and many countries) will likely need help bringing cyber defences up to scratch
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right? what happens when it's used and it sets off nuclear war? I'm pretty sure they're responsible
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