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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Allianz outlines how the data centre boom will change the insurance game

The AI boom has had a number of carry-on effects. Booming AI development means booming data centre investment, and in turn, a booming data centre insurance market.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

Weekend Mastercard outage resolved, but is customer trust at risk?

Major payment and technology firm Mastercard has announced that it has restored systems following outages over the weekend that resulted from a scheduled system update.

TECH • Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Oz Hair and Beauty confirms cyber incident

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian beauty retailer, having posted data they allegedly stole from the company.

SECURITY • Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Google’s parent company readies $5bn Kangaroo bond for Aussie data centre rollout

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is preparing to raise a $5 billion Kangaroo bond as part of its Down Under data centre rollout.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 18 Aug 2026

France suffers from unprecedented cyber attack wave, with one hacker supposedly behind it all

France has confirmed an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks impacting a number of government agencies and private-sector businesses.

SECURITY • Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Westpac teases development of a new agentic AI ecosystem

Big four bank Westpac has announced it is working on a new agentic ecosystem to assist in ramping up the company’s adoption of agentic AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 17 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Aussie kidswear brand launches investigation following hacker claims

An Australian kidswear retailer has confirmed that it is aware of claims of a cyber incident and has subsequently launched an investigation.

SECURITY • Mon, 17 Aug 2026

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Cyber attack frequency considerably higher than last year

Cyber attack levels have risen 16 per cent in the last year, according to new research by Check Point.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Uber Freight launches cyber attack investigation following Helix claims

Uber’s logistics and cargo subsidiary is currently investigating claims of a cyber attack after a threat actor took credit for a breach of the company.