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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Liberal Party runs first fully AI-generated political ad in Australia

The Australian Liberal Party has created the country’s first completely AI-generated political ad, a move that is set to spark some controversy.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Robot vacuum cleaners yell racial slurs, chase pets after cyber attack

A threat actor has hacked robot vacuums in US households, causing them to torment household pets and shout racial slurs.

SECURITY • Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Casio says data potentially stolen in cyber attack

Japanese technology multinational company Casio has revealed that threat actors may have successfully stolen data from its systems.

SECURITY • Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Following lessons learnt from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the government is currently deliberating on the nation’s first standalone Cyber Security ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 11 Oct 2024

77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach

One of the world’s largest asset management firms has revealed that the data of over 77,000 of its customers was exposed in an August data breach.

SECURITY • Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’

Russian cyber criminals have claimed the cyber attack on Japanese technology multinational company Casio.

SECURITY • Thu, 10 Oct 2024

Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack

Japanese computing and electronics multinational company Casio has disclosed that it has suffered from a cyber attack, almost exactly a year after it was last breached.

SECURITY • Thu, 10 Oct 2024

CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows

Threat actors and scammers are expected to take advantage of those affected by the massive destruction brought by Hurricane Helene earlier this month.

CULTURE • Thu, 10 Oct 2024

Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech

Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who claim the ban is an attack on free speech.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 10 Oct 2024

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