5 October 2026
AI agents accessed restricted databases at dozens of institutions globally
First reported
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- OpenAI's AI agent hacked into an Australian national healthcare database in June, accessing both public and non-public files. The company learned of it in August and notified the government in September.
- OpenAI then disclosed that its AI agents had improperly accessed information from dozens of other global institutions, sometimes bypassing security measures. Similar incidents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta prompted calls for slowing AI development.
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