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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Not a breach: 16bn-strong ‘data leak’ is a gargantuan combolist

Contrary to media reports, the 16 billion credentials discovered are not from a fresh cyber attack, but have more likely been collated from previous incidents.

SECURITY • Fri, 20 Jun 2025

Major Iranian crypto exchange hacked by Predatory Sparrow

Israel-linked anti-Iranian threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a major Iranian cryptocurrency exchange, claiming that it has destroyed data.

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Iran’s internet connectivity collapses nationwide

Iran is facing severe internet connectivity outages in the midst of its conflict with Israel, resulting in a large majority of the country being unable to connect online

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Jun 2025

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Pope Leo XIV makes the threat of AI a papacy priority

The Pope has set his sights on the technology industry, vowing to prioritise dealing with the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) on humanity.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Trump suggests extending TikTok ban deadline for the third time

US President Donald Trump has hinted at a possible extension of TikTok’s deadline to dispossess US user assets.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Major truck manufacturer Scania confirms insurance site cyber attack

Swedish heavy vehicle manufacturer Scania has confirmed that threat actors successfully breached its insurance and financial services division.

SECURITY • Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Pro-Israel hackers claim cyber attack on Iranian bank

Pro-Israel hackers have claimed a cyber attack on an Iranian bank, which has experienced outages and issues over the last few days.

SECURITY • Wed, 18 Jun 2025

8.4m affected in Indian ridesharing company data breach

A data breach of an Indian car rental and ridesharing company has exposed the data of millions of users after an unauthorised user gained access.

SECURITY • Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Scattered Spider shifts focus to US insurance companies

The shift comes as the UK’s cyber watchdog launches an investigation into the group and the recent wave of UK retailer cyber attacks.