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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Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement

To settle a lawsuit that accused it of tracking users browsing the internet using Google Chrome despite them being in private mode, Google has agreed to destroy billions ...

CULTURE • Wed, 03 Apr 2024

US offers US$10m reward for information on ALPHV hackers behind UnitedHealth breach

The US government is advertising a major multimillion-dollar reward for information on the hackers that took down UnitedHealth earlier this year.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 02 Apr 2024

Hot Topic customer data potentially compromised following credential stuffing attack

US retail chain Hot Topic has disclosed that a cyber attack late last year has potentially resulted in the accounts of some of its customers being accessed and data ...

SECURITY • Tue, 02 Apr 2024

India rescues nationals forced to work in cyber scam factories

Hundreds of Indian citizens trapped and forced to work in Cambodian cyber scam factories have been rescued.

CULTURE • Mon, 01 Apr 2024

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CIOs wary of AI investment despite calling the technology ‘critical for business’, according to Lenovo

It seems there is a major disparity between the wants of chief executives and chief information officers when it comes to AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Black Basta claims 350GB stolen from Vili’s

Hackers have listed a large amount of data reportedly belonging to Australian pie titan Vili’s and are threatening to release it within the next week.

SECURITY • Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Finland the latest country to call out APT31 for government cyber espionage

The list of countries blaming China for a recent wave of cyber espionage is growing, with Finland being the latest country to accuse Chinese state-sponsored hackers of ...

SECURITY • Wed, 27 Mar 2024

UnitedHealth under investigation by US Congress for transparency concerns

The Change Healthcare saga continues, with the hacked organisation’s parent company UnitedHealth, now under investigation by the US Congress.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 27 Mar 2024

14GB Minecraft data leak puts players at risk

Minecraft players should double-check their accounts after a database containing user and server data was posted online by a threat actor.

SECURITY • Wed, 27 Mar 2024