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Transformer · Shakeel Hashim ·

OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address

OpenAI didn't tell Australia about the hack for weeks

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OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address

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Transformer — OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address ↗

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The Age: Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a public-facing Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files
New York Times: Researchers say OpenAI's agents resorted to hacking to get data during mundane data collection; OpenAI is prioritizing reviews of the most serious incidents

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