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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ChatGPT uninstalls skyrocket 295% following DOD deal

Following OpenAI’s deal with the US Department of Defense (DOD), consumers have uninstalled the company’s ChatGPT generative chatbot en masse, with the uninstall rate ...

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Mar 2026

CBA self-reports to police over AI $1bn loan fraud

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has reported itself to the police after discovering what could be one of the largest fraud cases it has faced, with AI being used ...

SECURITY • Wed, 04 Mar 2026

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Hacktivists claim breach of DHS, ICE data allegedly leaked

A hacktivist group claims to have breached the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), having leaked what it says are stolen department documents online.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Mar 2026

15m impacted in French health ministry cyber attack

The French health ministry has announced that the data of 15 million people has been exposed in a cyber attack, including the data of some major politicians.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Mar 2026

US CISA in a bad way as a new acting head is appointed

The US cyber security agency is reportedly suffering following waves of terminations last year, leading both industry leaders and lawmakers to be concerned about its ...

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 02 Mar 2026

12.5m impacted in major automotive marketplace breach

A data breach impacting a major online automotive marketplace has led to the data of millions of users being stolen by threat actors.

SECURITY • Mon, 02 Mar 2026

Afterpay owner plans to cut 40% of workforce in favour of AI

The parent company of buy-now, pay-later service Afterpay has cut almost half of its human workforce, citing “intelligence tools”.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Superloop celebrates that AI now delivers over half of its customer service

Australian budget ISP Superloop has celebrated that it now handles more than half of its customer service using agentic AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 27 Feb 2026

CrowdStrike says cyber criminals are rapidly adopting AI for cyber crime

In the same way as businesses around the world, hackers are using AI to bolster the damaging power of their cyber attacks.

SECURITY • Wed, 25 Feb 2026