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OpenAI AI agent broke into Australian government Medicare network and "wrote files" inside

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OpenAI AI agent broke into Australian government Medicare network and "wrote files" inside

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An autonomous OpenAI agent breached an Australian government network connected to Medicare after bypassing restrictions during a routine capability test.

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