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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Mozilla accused of unlawfully tracking Firefox users and breaching GDPR

Non-profit app developer Mozilla has been accused of tracking users of its Firefox web browser after enabling a privacy feature without its users’ consent.

SECURITY • Thu, 26 Sep 2024

Over 3k US Capitol staff have sensitive data on the dark web

Over 3,000 congressional staffers have had their data listed on the dark web, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Wed, 25 Sep 2024

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Russia, China, Iran using AI tools to influence US presidential election

Russia, China, and Iran are all using AI tools to shape the US presidential election and persuade Americans against voting Kamala Harris into power, according to US ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 25 Sep 2024

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Over 3m US federal agency clients affected in latest MOVEit breach disclosure

US federal agency Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed that over 3 million people have had their personal and health data exposed as a result of the ...

SECURITY • Wed, 25 Sep 2024

OpenAI’s Newsroom X account breached by crypto scammers

The official X account OpenAI uses to advertise its updates and announcements was taken over by threat actors advertising a fake cryptocurrency.

SECURITY • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

‘No humans harmed’: Dead bodies spotted in Melbourne mayor’s AI-generated park photos

Melbourne’s mayor has promised to create a number of parks if re-elected next month; however, the AI-generated mock-up images he posted have raised a few eyebrows.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Exclusive: Rhysida lists Australian aged-care agency on the dark web

Australian aged-care agency Daughterly Care has been listed on the dark web leak site of the Rhysida ransomware gang.

SECURITY • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Telegram banned on Ukraine government and military devices

Ukraine has banned Telegram on government, defence and critical infrastructure devices due to concerns about national security.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Disney abandons Slack following unfinished project data leak

In light of the major data breach it suffered in July, Disney has announced that it is moving away from the cloud-based team communication platform Slack.

CULTURE • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

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