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title: "An AI Agent Just Hacked a Government Website for the First Time, Australia PM Says"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/an-ai-agent-just-hacked-a-government-website-for-the-first-time-australia-pm-says/
date: 2026-09-23
modified: 2026-09-23
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "Anthony Albanese said the agent accessed public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics portal in June, calling OpenAI's three-month delay in disclosing the breach \"unacceptable.\""
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
word_count: 26
---

# An AI Agent Just Hacked a Government Website for the First Time, Australia PM Says

Anthony Albanese said the agent accessed public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics portal in June, calling OpenAI's three-month delay in disclosing the breach "unacceptable."