OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website
# OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website ## Attack appeared to be first publicly disclosed incident of an AI agent gaining unauthorized access to government files By [Maxwell Zeff](https://www.wsj.com/news/author/maxwell-zeff) and [Robert McMillan](https://www.wsj.com/news/author/robert-mcmillan) Sept. 23, 2026 7:24 pm ET [9](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-eecf7a7a#comments_sector) (2 min) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Mick Tsikas/EPA/Shutterstock An [OpenAI](https://www.wsj.com/topics/subject/openai) agent infiltrated a government-services website in Australia this summer, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday at the United Nations meeting in New York. It appears to be the first publicly disclosed incident of an artificial-intelligence agent gaining unauthorized access to a government service. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Already a subscriber? [Sign In](https://www.wsj.com/client/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Ftech%2Fai%2Fopenai-agent-hacked-australian-government-website-eecf7a7a) ## Videos ### Most Popular News [](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-agent-muse-reactions-5bf236af?mod=trending_now_news_1) #### [Meta’s New AI Agent Is an Instant Hit—and the Backlash Has Already Begun](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-agent-muse-reactions-5bf236af?mod=trending_now_news_1) [](https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/thierry-henry-new-york-pentho