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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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

74% of ANZ businesses suffered a data breach from a cyber attack

Cyber attacks are hitting Australian and New Zealand organisations at an unprecedented rate, according to new research from asset intelligence cyber security company ...

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Nov 2023

Iranian hackers target Israeli organisations in long cyber campaign

Iranian hackers have been launching cyber attacks on Israeli tech and higher education sectors in an attempt to steal sensitive information, according to a new report.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Nov 2023

Small business recoils from cost of cyber security

The main barrier to more secure digital systems is price, a Mastercard survey finds, and raising revenue has become a higher priority.

CULTURE • Tue, 07 Nov 2023

EU Cyber Resilience Act could constrict supply chains, says Siemens

New proposed European Union regulations for targeting cyber security risks are being warned against by major international companies, saying that they could choke supply ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 07 Nov 2023

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