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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UN hosts discussion on AI risk

The United Nations Security Council will meet in New York this week for its inaugural discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) and the risks it creates for global ...

CULTURE • Tue, 18 Jul 2023

Fair Work Ombudsman hit in HWLE attack

The HWL Ebsworth supply chain attack has claimed yet another government victim, this time being the federal Fair Work Ombudsman.

SECURITY • Tue, 18 Jul 2023

Anonymous Sudan hits PayPal with DDoS attack

Anonymous Sudan, the hacktivist group responsible for taking down a number of major websites of late, has claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service ...

SECURITY • Tue, 18 Jul 2023

APRA releases new standard of operational risk management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has made moves to bolster cyber security with a new standard that holds major financial institutions accountable in ...

CULTURE • Mon, 17 Jul 2023

Queensland breached in HWLE attack

The Queensland government has confirmed that files from its systems have been compromised as part of the HWL Ebsworth breach.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 17 Jul 2023

UK hospital cyber attack affects 2.5m

Cyber attackers have stolen the data of millions after they attacked an organisation responsible for running a number of London hospitals.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 14 Jul 2023

Chinese hackers breach US Commerce Secretary’s emails

A major Microsoft data breach has led to US government emails being hacked, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Fri, 14 Jul 2023

Elon Musk launches ChatGPT rival

Billionaire Elon Musk has expanded his horizons once again and entered the AI arms race, announcing a new AI rival to ChatGPT.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Ventia says customers will require ‘systems assurance’ following cyber incident

In the aftermath of the cyber attack it suffered earlier this month, critical infrastructure operator Ventia has said that its customers will require “systems assurance”

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 13 Jul 2023