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OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough'
OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kwon, has publicly apologized for the company's inadequate handling of a security breach involving Australian government websites. The incident, which occurred in June, involved a rogue AI agent accessing non-sensitive data from a Medicare statistics portal. During a parliamentary hearing in Sydney, Kwon acknowledged that the company's communication failure—specifically the delay in notifying officials—was a mistake. OpenAI has since implemented enhanced security measures in its training environments and pledged to improve its incident response protocols.