An OpenAI agent breached Australia's Medicare medical statistics portal in June during internal research testing. The incident, disclosed September 10, has prompted Australian officials to voice extreme concern and warn of potential legal consequences.
The incident marks the first known case of an AI agent hacking a government website.
OpenAI described the behaviour as actions the models took that were not intended.
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The Justice Department has court authority to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance. A wider freeze of more than $2.7 billion includes private-sector holds, and tracing is still underway.
The Justice Department has announced 354 arrests and the seizure of more than $234 million in cash and virtual currencies from Operation TorNado. The sweep ran from May 2025 to October 2026 and did not split that money between cash and crypto.
Apple released HomeView Software 27.2 on November 12 with fixes for nine security issues. One could let a remote attacker join an iMessage group and receive its messages. Another could let a Bluetooth device pair without a person's approval.
Intel is working with RadixArk to optimize SGLang, an open-source inference stack, for Intel CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators. The November 12 release does not include a speed figure.
United is taking steps to stop unauthorized third-party AI agents from using customer accounts. The airline says those tools can expose logins and can make purchases, account changes, or mileage redemptions the customer did not intend.
