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AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’

Global Published 24 September 2026, 20:00 · archived 24 Sep 2026

Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTechnology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, on Thursday after the company’s agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian ...

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