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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Royal Ransomware has stolen US$275m from 350 victims since September 2022

The Royal Ransomware hacking group has been busy over the past year, with a new report having found the group has successfully stolen US$275 million (roughly A$431

SECURITY • Tue, 14 Nov 2023

O’Neil to add telcos to SoCI legislation following Optus outage

Telecommunication companies may soon be classed as critical infrastructure under new legislation, following a major Optus outage last week.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Optus says last week’s outage was caused by ‘bad route data’

Following its almost full-day outage last week, Optus has pointed the finger at an international peering network that supplied the telco with bad route data.

TECH • Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Bill Gates shares thoughts on AI-powered ‘agents’

Bill Gates has shared his views on an AI future, saying that it will completely change the way in which we use our devices.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 13 Nov 2023

NSW government launches Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme

NSW’s long-awaited cyber mandatory reporting scheme has finally been announced, with organisations that have been affected by a cyber breach required to notify those ...

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 13 Nov 2023

ChatGPT outage confirmed as DDoS attack

Following two threat groups claiming responsibility, ChatGPT maker OpenAI has confirmed that the chatbot’s outage was caused by a DDoS attack.

SECURITY • Fri, 10 Nov 2023

myGov to move to passwordless authentication following reveal of $3.1bn scam loss

The way in which users log in to their myGov accounts is set to change, with the Australian government looking at implementing passwordless authentication.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Nov 2023

ChatGPT suffers major outage as Anonymous Sudan x Skynet claim cyber attack

Generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is suffering from a major outage, with threat actors claiming to have launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on OpenAI.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Nov 2023

Meta now requires disclosure of AI use in political ads

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has announced a new policy that will require creators of political content to disclose if it had been created with the use ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 09 Nov 2023

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