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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BMW potentially tied up in third-party cyber attack

The financial services division of German automaker BMW has suffered as a result of a third-party data breach.

SECURITY • Mon, 07 Jul 2025

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‘Literally half’ of white-collar workers to be replaced by AI, says Ford CEO

The CEO of US car manufacturer Ford has warned that AI technologies present a major danger to a large portion of American workers.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 07 Jul 2025

Hunters International ransomware calls it quits, releases free decryptors

The infamous Hunters International ransomware gang has announced that it’s throwing in the towel and giving its victims a free decryption key as a parting gift.

SECURITY • Fri, 04 Jul 2025

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Qantas to tell hacking victims details of specific data stolen

Qantas has pledged to tell every customer affected by this week’s hack exactly which parts of their data have been stolen.

SECURITY • Fri, 04 Jul 2025

Microsoft to slash 4% of staff as it bets big on AI

Microsoft has terminated 9,100 staff, almost 4 per cent of its total workforce, in an effort to cut costs at a time when it is heavily investing in AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 03 Jul 2025

M&S says worst of cyber attack will be over by August

UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) says that the worst of the cyber attack aftermath will have passed by August and that it hopes it will return to full operation

SECURITY • Thu, 03 Jul 2025

Exclusive: Adelaide women’s health clinic confirms cyber attack

Threat actors have launched a cyber attack on an Australian women’s healthcare centre, claiming to have exfiltrated sensitive patient data.

SECURITY • Wed, 02 Jul 2025

US 10-year ban on state AI regulation removed from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

A controversial 10-year ban on state AI regulation has been removed from the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” after all but one member of the US Senate voted ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 02 Jul 2025

Major Australian AI centre to be built in Tasmania

Tasmania is set to be the stage for one of Australia’s largest AI data centres thanks to a multibillion-dollar investment from private tech firm Firmus Technologies.