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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2022 Fire Rescue Victoria cyber attack still causing issues

A 2022 cyber attack on Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) continues to have major impacts on the fire service’s operations, resulting in staff returning to pen and paper.

SECURITY • Mon, 02 Jun 2025

Amazon to train AI on The New York Times data in new agreement

The New York Times previously sued Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement after they used the publication’s content for AI training.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 30 May 2025

DeepSeek’s upgraded R1 model to compete with OpenAI, Google

The Chinese AI giant’s new and improved model could potentially run on a single GPU.

SECURITY • Fri, 30 May 2025

Telegram announces xAI partnership to integrate Grok into messaging

Telegram is set to be empowered by AI technology after the encrypted messaging platform announced a new partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 30 May 2025

NATO considers including cyber security in defence budget target

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is weighing up including cyber security in its proposed defence spending budget for members.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 29 May 2025

Victoria’s Secret battles outage after cyber slip leaves it exposed

Major fashion and lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret faces outages as it deals with the fallout of a cyber incident.

SECURITY • Thu, 29 May 2025

Spotify outage affects thousands in the UK, US and Australia

Music and podcast streaming giant Spotify has suffered from a major outage, affecting thousands of users in the US, UK and Australia.

TECH • Wed, 28 May 2025

Exclusive: Salvation Army suffers alleged ransomware attack

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on The Salvation Army, promising to leak data “soon”.

SECURITY • Wed, 28 May 2025

Exclusive: Qld law firm investigating breach by SafePay ransomware

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a Queensland law firm, claiming to have exfiltrated company data, court documents and more.