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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DeepSeek allegedly used banned chips, says Scale AI CEO

DeepSeek has been accused of using chipsets banned for the Chinese market to train its latest AI models, despite claiming it used weaker chipsets.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 31 Jan 2025

Operation Talent: Several hacking forums seized by global law enforcement

Global law enforcement has seized a number of online hacking forums as part of a wider collaborative campaign.

SECURITY • Thu, 30 Jan 2025

OpenAI claims DeepSeek trained R1 using its data

Artificial intelligence (AI) giant OpenAI has alleged that DeepSeek used its data to train its new open-source AI model, R1.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 30 Jan 2025

MGM Resorts pays out US$45m following data breaches

Over a dozen class action lawsuits faced by casino and hotel giant MGM Resorts following two cyber attacks are being settled after the company agreed to a US$45 million ...

SECURITY • Thu, 30 Jan 2025

DeepSeek AI a concern for Australian ministers

Several Australian ministers have warned against sharing personal information with the new, popular artificial intelligence (AI) model from China, DeepSeek.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 29 Jan 2025

DeepSeek explained: How the new Chinese AI has disrupted the market

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has restricted new registrations following a cyber attack.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 28 Jan 2025

FalconFeeds.io X account compromised by crypto scammers

Threat feed and intelligence data SaaS platform FalconFeeds.io announced that threat actors took control of its X (formerly Twitter) account to promote a cryptocurrency ...

SECURITY • Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Exclusive: IntelBroker resigns as BreachForums owner

The owner and leader of one of the biggest hacking forums has just resigned from the position.

SECURITY • Mon, 27 Jan 2025

PayPal's cyber security lapses earn it a $3.8m fine

A lapse in cyber security that led to personal data being exposed has earned PayPal a multimillion-dollar fine.

SECURITY • Fri, 24 Jan 2025