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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Meta under fire for scraping Australian data for AI development without opt-out option

Facebook parent company Meta has revealed that it scrapes the photos and data of its Australian users to train its AI, without providing them with an opt-out option.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 11 Sep 2024

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93m bad web requests blocked by Nine during 2024 Olympics

Nine Entertainment, the media organisation that recently broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympics, blocked as many as 96 million bad web requests from malicious actors and bots ...

TECH • Wed, 11 Sep 2024

Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Last week’s Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack continues to develop as staff now have limited access to the agency’s systems.

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

Cyber security firm Rapid7 has advised users of recovery software provider Veeam that some of the company’s products contain vulnerabilities.

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Sep 2024

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

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Meta under fire for scraping Australian data for AI development without opt-out option

93m bad web requests blocked by Nine during 2024 Olympics

Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

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

Protecta Australia allegedly hacked, database listed for sale

Avis car rental suffers cyber attack affecting customer data

Disabled passengers impacted by London transport cyber attack

Data confirmed stolen in Microchip Technology cyber attack

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