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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Sydney Tools exposes 34m customer records after leaving database unprotected

Major Australian hardware and DIY supply store Sydney Tools has exposed the data of its employees and customers after it left a database publicly accessible.

SECURITY • Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Signal defends its security as Trump administration suffers Yemen leak fallout

The president of secure messaging app Signal has defended the security of the service following the Trump administration leak of Yemen strike plans to a journalist.

SECURITY • Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Meta users flock to X following another Facebook, Instagram outage

Yet another Facebook and Instagram outage has pushed users of Meta’s suite of social media platforms to rival X (formerly Twitter) to complain.

CULTURE • Wed, 26 Mar 2025

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Trump administration accidentally leaks Yemen strike details in unauthorised Signal chat

The Trump administration accidentally leaked details of its strikes on Yemen after it accidentally added a journalist to a Signal chat.

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

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Ukraine train network stunted by cyber attack

The Ukrainian state train service has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack, which has led to its ticket sale service being stunted.

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

Service NSW to make MFA mandatory by 2026

Service NSW has revealed that it will enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) for account access by 2026.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

University of Notre Dame Fremantle faces backlash following cyber attack

The Fremantle campus of the University of Notre Dame faces major backlash for its response to a cyber attack it suffered earlier in the year.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

Exclusive: Australian skincare manufacturer confirms cyber incident

A Melbourne-based skincare manufacturer has confirmed it suffered a cyber incident after it was listed on the dark web leak site of infamous threat group RansomHub.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

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Another Steam game removed for being suspected malware

A second game hiding malware has been removed from digital video game marketplace Steam in as many months.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025