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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Government investigates Optus outage after hundreds unable to access 000

The government has announced that it will be reviewing the almost full-day Optus outage that occurred earlier in the month following reports it restricted some ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 28 Nov 2023

Ukraine claims responsibility for attack on Russian aviation agency, leaks ‘stolen’ data

A cyber attack on Russia’s civil aviation agency has been claimed by Ukrainian intelligence, which says it has stolen a large amount of data.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 Nov 2023

Albanese government appoints dedicated privacy commissioner

Reversing the decision of the Abbott government in 2015, the role of information and privacy commissioner will once again be split into two.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 27 Nov 2023

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ACSC updates Essential Eight Maturity Model for 2023

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has announced an update to the Essential Eight Maturity Model.

SECURITY • Mon, 27 Nov 2023

A MadCat eat dog world: Threat actor steals from other hackers

A new ransomware group has been observed attempting to scam other cyber criminal groups through the sale of thousands of fake passports.

SECURITY • Fri, 24 Nov 2023

Rhysida ransomware group lists British Library data for sale

Following the confirmation that the major outage it has been suffering since last month was the result of a cyber attack, data belonging to the British Library is ...

SECURITY • Fri, 24 Nov 2023

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The ransomware ban is ‘inevitable’ but won’t become reality for at least 2 years

The government has revealed that a ban on ransomware payments will happen, but it won’t for at least two years as more groundwork needs to be laid.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 24 Nov 2023

OpenAI fired Altman for silence on superhuman AI

While it seems that Sam Altman is returning to his post at the helm of AI giant OpenAI, things are far from ordinary at the AI giant, with one cited reason for the ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 23 Nov 2023

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$47.4m allocated to achieve ACSS’ south-east Asia and Pacific goals

The 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (ACSS) is here, outlining the steps the nation will take to secure the country and make it the most cyber secure in the ...

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 23 Nov 2023

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