Daniel Croft

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Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Daniel Croft is a passionate journalist with an understanding for and experience writing in the technology space. Having studied at Macquarie University, he joined Momentum Media in 2022, writing across a number of publications including Australian Aviation, Cyber Security Connect and Defence Connect. Outside of writing, Daniel has a keen interest in music, and spends his time playing in bands around Sydney.

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BreachForums admin sentenced to 20 years

The Eastern District of Virginia courts have sentenced the former admin and creator of the infamous hacking forum BreachForums to 20 years of supervised release.

CULTURE • Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Microsoft says Russian state-backed hackers stole data via staff emails

Russian state-sponsored hackers have infiltrated the email accounts of several leadership staff at Microsoft as well as cyber security and legal staff, according to the ...

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Albanese faces questions regarding major retailer credential stuffing hacks

The Australian Prime Minister has faced heavy questioning following the spike in credential stuffing incidents targeting Australian businesses.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 22 Jan 2024

US government wants BreachForums creator behind bars for almost 16 years

The US government is pushing to see the creator of former hacking forum BreachForums put behind bars for 15 years.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Victorian court breach much worse than originally believed

The Victorian courts have revealed that the cyber attack it suffered last year was much more substantial than first believed, with the date of the accessed data going ...

SECURITY • Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Nissan Australia confirms customer data accessed in data breach, Akira takes credit

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has confirmed that the data breach its Australian and New Zealand subsidiary suffered in December resulted in customer data being ...

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Jan 2024

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Government mistakenly leaks consultancy fees of 400+ firms via forwarded email

The government has accidentally leaked the billing rates of over 400 consultancies via a mistakenly forwarded email.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Industry responds to government’s AI consultation interim response

Yesterday (17 January 2024), the Australian government released its interim response to the AI consultation paper from last year, which received 500 submissions from ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Government to mandate AI safeguards for ‘high-risk’ AI platforms

The Australian government has released its interim response to last year’s AI consultation paper, pushing for a careful balance between driving innovative new solutions ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 17 Jan 2024

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