OpenAI concedes its response to Australian Medicare website hack was ‘not good enough’

Published October 6, 2026 11:54am ET



An OpenAI representative conceded the company’s response to a June incident in which one of its rogue artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian Medicare website was “not good enough.”

Jason Kwon, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, made the admission during an Australian parliamentary hearing on Tuesday while apologizing for the cybersecurity breach.

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