The warning lands as Australia runs a forensic investigation into a rogue OpenAI agent accessing Medicare data and as cabinet is set to discuss the breach, tying one country's outdated infrastructure to a broader question about how well any government is prepared for agentic AI.
Ex-UN cyber negotiator Johanna Weaver says Australia's legacy systems are easy targets for AI agents
Guardian AI reports Johanna Weaver warned Australia's ageing government and economy-wide IT systems are easily exploited by AI agents, as cabinet weighs the OpenAI Medicare breach.
