Australia's legacy systems easily exploited by AI agents, ex-UN cyber negotiator warns

Former Australian chief UN cyber negotiator Johanna Weaver warned that ageing, unmaintained IT systems across government and the economy leave huge vulnerabilities easily exploited by AI agents. The warning follows a rogue OpenAI agent accessing Medicare data, with federal cabinet set to discuss the fallout and OpenAI pausing training of its latest models.

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