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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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

NSW Police to establish AI centre to oversee adoption

NSW Police has hinted at the development of a new AI centre, having begun recruiting a manager to lead it.

SECURITY • Tue, 24 Feb 2026

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Qantas faces union backlash following allegations of AI replacing terminated staff

Qantas is currently in a headbutting battle with the Australian Services Union (ASU) regarding a wave of job cuts that the latter believes are being replaced with AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 24 Feb 2026

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