Cyber-attack like OpenAI Medicare breach ‘seems likely’ in UK, says minister
By Dan Milmo Global technology editor, The Guardian
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Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by AI agent An AI-driven cyber-attack like the OpenAI breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister. Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that the British government’s own cyber defences would be bypassed by a technology that has developed highly sophisticated skills in cybersecurity. In a speech on Monday, Narayan said an incident in June when an OpenAI agent – a computer program acting autonomously – infiltrated Medicare, Australia’s universal healthcare system, could be repeated in the UK. “It concerns me,” he said.
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