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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UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure

The UK government has backed down on its plans to introduce an encryption backdoor in Apple’s cloud storage, after pressure from the US.

SECURITY • Tue, 26 Aug 2025

Musk’s xAI sues OpenAI and Apple over anti-competitive partnership

Apple and OpenAI are both facing a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s xAI, which alleges that the two companies are working together to create an AI monopoly and stifle competition

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 26 Aug 2025

US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned tech companies against lowering their encryption levels at the request of governments.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Aug 2025

370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google

Hundreds of thousands of private conversations with xAI’s Grok chatbot have been made publicly accessible after they became indexed on Google.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Aug 2025

Qilin claims cyber attack on Nissan design studio

Nissan’s Tokyo-based design studio, Creative Box, has allegedly been hit by a ransomware attack, according to threat actor claims.

SECURITY • Fri, 22 Aug 2025

APRA warns of increased cyber attacks as geopolitical tensions grow

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has warned that increased geopolitical tensions are likely to lead to increased cyber attacks on local financial ...

SECURITY • Thu, 21 Aug 2025

CBA rolls back AI-related job cuts following union and worker backlash

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has flipped on its decision to axe at least 45 customer service staff and replace them with AI after it faced backlash and ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 21 Aug 2025

Anthropic faces class action after pirating books to train AI

Anthropic is facing a class action lawsuit representing the authors of the books it pirated to train its AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 20 Aug 2025

CBA deploys AI agents to keep scammers occupied

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is using its investment in AI to keep scammers actively occupied by using bots to speak with them.