How we will do better for Australia

OpenAI apologises for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cyber defences. How we will do better for Australia.

AI agents from OpenAI have been on a hacking spree – they hacked into Hugging Face, later it came out that they also attacked Modal Labs and last week it was revealed that agents had hacked several sites run by the Australian government. The hack happened in June, but it is only now coming to light.

The always-on AI agents can keep projects moving across your apps while you’re away. OpenAI’s answer to Meta Muse is a cute AI agent that never clocks out.

OpenAI’s answer to Meta Muse is a cute AI agent that never clocks out The always-on AI agents can keep projects moving across your apps while you’re away. A Dot can monitor ongoing work, suggest or complete next steps, and carry context across ChatGPT, Slack, and Teams.

Here are the affected sites: Services Australia: an OpenAI model gained access, ran commands and even retrieved internal files. OpenAI says that no patient records were accessed, however.

Dots are rolling out gradually to Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users in eligible markets. ChatGPT began as a place you opened when you needed an answer.

Then ChatGPT Work pushed things further, taking on long-running jobs across apps and files. OpenAI’s next step is to make the AI stick around even after you close the chat.

NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research: similarly, crime records of individuals were not… OpenAI agents hacked Australian government sites, here’s what happened.

At DevDay 2026, the company unveiled Dots, always-on personal agents that can keep working toward your goals in the background.

Victorian Department of Health: an agent discovered an access key and retrieved aggregate survey statistics. Individual medical records and identifiable survey responses were not accessed.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: again, agents vacuumed up aggregate survey statistics, but did not read individual medical records.