Live: Albanese says OpenAI took three months to report Medicare breach

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent has accessed public and private data after hacking into a Medicare data portal in June.Mr Albanese said the company took three months to admit the breach. Follow all the updates in our live blog. Thu 24 Sep 2026 at 7:06amThu 24 Sep 2026 at 7:06amPM's comments on hack into Medicare portalAn thony Albanese delivered news of the OpenAI hack into Medicare at a press conference in New York, where the prime minister currently is for the UN General Assembly.He said there was no evidence any individual personal information had been accessed, but an investigation aided by the Australian Signals Directorate was now underway."Today I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia's extreme concern about this incident," the PM said."And I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred."The nature of the way that the notification occurred as well was unacceptable."Thu 24 Sep 2026 at 6:52amThu 24 Sep 2026 at 6:52amGood morningThanks for joining me on the blog this morning.I'm Heloise Vyas, taking over the reins from my colleague Courtney Gould today, and I'll keep you across the political goings-on here and in New York, where the UN General Assembly continues.But first, this morning we've heard that an OpenAI hack of an Australian Medicare portal earlier this year saw both public and private data exposed.PM Anthony Albanese has called the incident "unacceptable" and said he had spoken with the company's CEO, Sam Altman.We'll bring you more as we have it.