# Rogue AI hacks government system in world first

An episode of [Full Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1482061243), 25 Sep 2026, 13 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/25-04304-fs_tif_aihack_20260925_ds.mp3

A government database has been hacked for the first time by a rogue OpenAI agent, which infiltrated part of the Australian healthcare scheme in June. OpenAI became aware of the hack in August, but only informed the government in September. Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has expressed his ‘extreme concern’ about the hack, which raises serious AI security concerns for governments around the world. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s UK technology editor Robert Booth

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