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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Exclusive: 2019 allegedly hacks BestPriceTravel Australia

A notorious threat actor has claimed a cyber attack on an Australian online travel agency, listing the company on a dark web hacking forum, having allegedly stolen data ...

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Lloyds Bank looks to save over $3.8bn as AI investment increases

Major UK bank Lloyds Banking Group has announced a new four-year AI plan during which it will cut £2 billion (roughly $3.8 billion) in costs.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 03 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Qilin claims breach of Victoria-based flooring firm

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a Victoria-based flooring specialist, allegedly having stolen data.

SECURITY • Mon, 03 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Tasmania’s Contact Group allegedly suffers cyber attack

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a Tasmanian multi-technology and building services firm and are now auctioning allegedly stolen data to the highest bidder.

SECURITY • Fri, 31 Jul 2026

Anthropic Claude systems restored following global outage

AI giant Anthropic has confirmed that its key generative AI product, Claude, went down for some users around the world, after users reported issues online.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 30 Jul 2026

Financial Stability Board warns that we may be in an AI bubble

The world’s financial watchdog has warned that global finance may be in an AI overvaluation bubble not unlike the dotcom bubble and the 2008 global financial crisis.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 29 Jul 2026

Visa to lay off about 2,600 jobs, increase tech investment

Visa has announced plans to cut its workforce by 2,600 staff as the company looks to invest more heavily in developing technologies like AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 29 Jul 2026

Exclusive: AusProof allegedly breached by M3rx ransomware

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian electrical cable designer and manufacturer, saying they exfiltrated data.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 Jul 2026

Major banks to rethink cyber playbooks

Bank leaders are rewriting their cyber playbooks as new threats and technologies, such as AI, dramatically alter the cyber landscape.