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: M&S halts Australian operations following cyber attack

The Australian website of hacked UK retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has been disabled as part of the company’s cyber attack response, the company has revealed

SECURITY • Thu, 15 May 2025

US stores the next target for UK retailer hackers, says Google

Google has said that retailers in the United States are next in the firing line following the wave of cyber attacks on UK retailers.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 May 2025

M&S reveals customer data compromised in cyber attack

UK retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has confirmed that the cyber attack it suffered in April led to customer data being compromised.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 May 2025

In-depth: Has DragonForce conquered RansomHub? Here’s what we know so far

DragonForce has shifted its aim away from governments and businesses and opened fire at the king of ransomware, RansomHub, only to announce that they are now business ...

SECURITY • Wed, 14 May 2025

UK retailer hackers believed to be tied to the Kremlin

The hackers claiming responsibility for the trio of major UK retailers that were hacked in recent weeks are believed to have ties to the Russian government.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 May 2025

CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds

The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign to encourage Chinese government officials and workers to assist the agency.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 13 May 2025

Meta ordered to stop training AI using EU user data by German data protection watchdog

A German data protection authority has instructed Meta to halt all AI training using the data of European users.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 May 2025

Murdered man addresses killer in court using AI-generated video

A murdered man has addressed his killer in court through an AI-generated video, a move that may represent the future of criminal proceedings.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 May 2025

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