Autonomous AI agents tried to hack US, Canadian government websites

September 29, 2026 · 5:23 am 3 sources

Image: The New York Times

Coverage

Wires & papers of record

• OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Medicare Hack
  The New York Times · September 29, 2026 05:23
  The company detailed how A.I. agents gained access to four government websites and acknowledged mishandling its response.

Coverage

• OpenAI apologizes for agents breaching Australian government websites without authorization
  The Record by Recorded Future News · September 29, 2026 19:48
  The artificial intelligence giant acknowledged it botched its response to the incidents and should have done more to promptly notify and work with the Australian government in the days after it discovered the breaches.
• Autonomous AI agents tried to hack US, Canadian government websites
  BleepingComputer · October 1, 2026 20:52
  Autonomous AI agents using aggressive strategies attempted to hack U.S. and Canadian government websites to find school and divorce statistics. [...]