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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US Copyright Office director fired by Trump less than a day after Musk’s AI training request denied

The head of the US Copyright Office has been fired less than a day after she refused to allow Elon Musk to mine copyrighted data to train his AI models.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 May 2025

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Florida’s social media encryption backdoor bill fails to pass

Florida’s attempt to introduce mandatory encryption backdoors for law enforcement to access social media platforms has failed to pass.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 May 2025

UK Apple backdoor may breach US/UK data agreement

US lawmakers have criticised the UK for ordering Apple to create a backdoor for encrypted user data to allow law enforcement access, warning that threat actors and ...

SECURITY • Fri, 09 May 2025

Microsoft says DeepSeek is banned for staff

Microsoft has revealed that company staff are barred from using the app for Chinese-made AI DeepSeek due to concerns with propaganda and data security.

SECURITY • Fri, 09 May 2025

Delta Air Lines will face class action over CrowdStrike outage, judge rules

A class action by passengers of Delta Air Lines regarding cancelled and delayed flights as a result of last year’s CrowdStrike outage will go ahead as ruled by a US ...

SECURITY • Thu, 08 May 2025

CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of global staff

Major cyber security firm CrowdStrike has announced that it will be axing around 5 per cent of its staff, roughly 500 people.

SECURITY • Thu, 08 May 2025

Oettinger confirms cyber incident, begins investigating

German beer and drinks giant Oettinger Getränke (Oettinger Brauerei or Oettinger) has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack following claims made by threat actors.

SECURITY • Thu, 08 May 2025

NCSC working with UK retailers affected by recent cyber attack wave

The UK’s cyber watchdog has issued a warning to CISOs across the country following the trio of successful cyber attacks on major UK retailers in the last two weeks.

SECURITY • Wed, 07 May 2025

Co-op's cyber recovery begins as store shelves lie empty

Despite its stores lacking products on shelves, UK retailer Co-op has begun the recovery process following the cyber attack it suffered last week – with payment systems ...

SECURITY • Wed, 07 May 2025

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Daniel Croft

US Copyright Office director fired by Trump less than a day after Musk’s AI training request denied

Florida’s social media encryption backdoor bill fails to pass

UK Apple backdoor may breach US/UK data agreement

Microsoft says DeepSeek is banned for staff

Delta Air Lines will face class action over CrowdStrike outage, judge rules

CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of global staff

Oettinger confirms cyber incident, begins investigating

NCSC working with UK retailers affected by recent cyber attack wave

Co-op's cyber recovery begins as store shelves lie empty

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