Australia’s legacy systems were already a cyber risk. AI agents are raising the stakes

By Abu Barkat ullah (Barkat), Associate Professor of Cyber Security, University of Canberra

In the days since an artificial intelligence (AI) agent operated by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal holding Medicare statistics, important questions have been raised about Australia’s readiness to prevent future breaches.

Specifically, concerns have been raised about whether Australia is particularly vulnerable to autonomous AI agents because so much of our digital infrastructure depends…

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