Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by artificial intelligence agent<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/12/uk-politics-live-tories-andy-burnham-russian-interference-brexit-eu-latest”>UK politics live latest updates</li></ul>An AI-driven cyber-attack similar to the OpenAI <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/openai-agent-hacked-medicare-australia-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb”>breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister.Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that the British government’s own cyber defences would be bypassed by a technology that has developed highly sophisticated skills in cybersecurity. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/12/cyber-attack-like-openai-medicare-breach-seems-likely-in-uk-says-minister”>Continue reading…
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