www.lesswrong.com/posts/u973rQm56oijS5Adf/launching-babel-translation
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the Australian government breach disclosed yesterday
This timing is off: the post was published on September 30, 2026, but the Australian government had already publicly disclosed the OpenAI-related breach on September 24, 2026.
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The LessWrong post itself is dated 30th Sep 2026. But the Australian government had already publicly announced the incident six days earlier, on Thursday 24 September 2026.
In an official transcript published that day, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: "I want to update Australians on an incident in which an artificial intelligence agent has infiltrated an Australian Government website." That is a public disclosure dated 24 September 2026. TechCrunch also reported the same day that the prime minister had publicly announced the breach on September 24, 2026.
So, relative to a post published on September 30, 2026, describing the breach as having been "disclosed yesterday" is incorrect. The disclosure had already happened on September 24, 2026, not September 29, 2026.
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- Launching Babel Translation - LessWrong
Launching Babel Translation by Jasmine Li, celesteli — 30th Sep 2026 ... As evidenced by the Australian government breach disclosed yesterday...
- Press conference - New York | Prime Minister of Australia
Transcript Thursday 24 September 2026 ... "I want to update Australians on an incident in which an artificial intelligence agent has infiltrated an Australian Government website."
- Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law | TechCrunch
5:54 AM PDT · September 24, 2026 ... 'An OpenAI model hacked into an Australian government website, the country's prime minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday...'