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 credit card info of almost 1.7m potentially stolen by threat actors

A US-based electronic payment service provider has quietly disclosed that the data of almost 1.7 million people was exfiltrated in a cyber attack, including credit card ...

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Protecta Australia allegedly hacked, database listed for sale

A threat actor has claimed to have exfiltrated a customer database from Australian flooring and service protection provider Protecta Australia.

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Sep 2024

Avis car rental suffers cyber attack affecting customer data

Car rental organisation Avis has begun informing its customers that threat actors successfully launched a cyber attack on its systems and exfiltrated data.

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Sep 2024

Disabled passengers impacted by London transport cyber attack

The cyber attack on London’s transport system earlier this month has begun to affect services, with disabled passengers the first to be impacted.

SECURITY • Fri, 06 Sep 2024

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Data confirmed stolen in Microchip Technology cyber attack

Major US chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated has confirmed that the threat actors behind last month’s cyber attack exfiltrated employee data.

SECURITY • Fri, 06 Sep 2024

Iran pays threat actor’s ransom after cyber attack on nation’s banking system

Iran has reportedly paid threat actors millions in ransom after a cyber attack last month targeted the country’s banking system.

SECURITY • Thu, 05 Sep 2024

Government explores AI regulation legislation, plans for ‘mandatory’ guardrails

The Australian government has announced plans to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) safety legislation to manage the development and use of AI.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 05 Sep 2024

Planned Parenthood suffers RansomHub cyber attack, sample data posted

RansomHub has claimed a cyber attack on reproductive healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, posting samples of business data as proof.

SECURITY • Thu, 05 Sep 2024

Musk joins Grok users in spreading AI misinformation on X

Like many users of his Grok AI bot, Tesla and X chief Elon Musk has used AI to spread misinformation after he generated a misleading image of Democrat presidential ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 04 Sep 2024

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