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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US drafts executive order against foreign adversary access to US data

The US is in the process of drafting a new executive order that would restrict foreign adversaries’ access to sensitive data belonging to Americans and those connected to ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 24 Jan 2024

Threat actor lists Trello database of over 15m records for sale

A threat actor has claimed to have hacked a database belonging to Atlassian subsidiary Trello, containing over 15 million user records.

SECURITY • Wed, 24 Jan 2024

Optus reveals 2,697 Triple Zero calls failed during outage, welfare checks not conducted

Aussie telco Optus has revealed that the network outage it suffered back in November resulted in almost 2,700 emergency calls to Triple Zero not connecting, over 2,400 ...

CULTURE • Tue, 23 Jan 2024

AI tools coming to Australian schools following AI education framework

Despite most states banning or restricting the technology last year over plagiarism and privacy concerns, artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT will soon be a ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 23 Jan 2024

SIM-swapping attack to blame for US SEC X account hijacking

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that threat actors using SIM-swapping techniques were to blame for its X (formerly Twitter) account being ...

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Jan 2024

26bn records exposed in largest data leak of all time: LinkedIn, Adobe, Twitter and more affected

A database containing at least 26 billion leaked records belonging to major organisations, brands and government agencies has been discovered by security researchers.

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jan 2024

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

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