Australian PM Albanese says AI agent accessed Medicare portal — ABC News Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that earlier this year an unauthorized artificial intelligence agent gained access to the Australian Medicare data portal. According to him, he reported this on Thursday morning while taking part in the UN General Assembly.

Report of the access

ABC News Australia reports this. According to the outlet, the AI agent hacked the Medicare data portal.

More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram.

ABC also notes that this concerns unauthorized access to a government website connected to Medicare data.

Details are still being verified

The ABC report was published as breaking news. The outlet said that a journalist is gathering and verifying additional information about this incident and is expected to publish an update. The available report provides no information about the extent of the access, the type of data it may have concerned, or possible consequences.