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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Exclusive: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology

The Medusa ransomware group has claimed a ransomware attack on an Australia-operated digital slots and gaming machine manufacturer.

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Global Meta outage affects Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Meta’s social media platforms suffered a worldwide outage in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, 12 December), preventing users from accessing their social media

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Glazed and confused: Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme’s security

Donut giant Krispy Kreme has revealed that a cyber attack on its network has resulted in operational disruptions.

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Russian state-linked hackers reportedly targeting Ukraine defence contractors

Ukraine has said that Russian state-linked threat actors have been targeting its defence contractors.

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

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Exclusive: USMC, US DOD personnel data allegedly listed by threat actor

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has been allegedly breached by a threat actor who claims to have the data of over 13,000 personnel.

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

US Senate passes federal bill making deepfake revenge porn illegal

The US is looking to introduce new legislation that would make the non-consensual publication of AI deepfakes of a sexual nature illegal.

SECURITY • Wed, 11 Dec 2024

1 in 5 organisations unable to recover data after cyber attack

Cyber attacks are increasingly crippling organisations, with new research showing that one in five organisations that suffer a cyber incident is unable to recover its ...

CULTURE • Tue, 10 Dec 2024

Exclusive: KillSec ransomware claims breach on Australian educational support platform

Threat actors have claimed a ransomware attack on Australian private educational support firm Thanks For the Help (TFTH).

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Dec 2024

Exclusive: Amazon confirms no incident after threat actor claims 53k accounts leaked

Amazon has confirmed that despite threat actor claims that data was scraped and account details were stolen, there was no cyber incident on its systems.

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Dec 2024

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Exclusive: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology

Global Meta outage affects Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Glazed and confused: Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme’s security

Russian state-linked hackers reportedly targeting Ukraine defence contractors

Exclusive: USMC, US DOD personnel data allegedly listed by threat actor

US Senate passes federal bill making deepfake revenge porn illegal

1 in 5 organisations unable to recover data after cyber attack

Exclusive: KillSec ransomware claims breach on Australian educational support platform

Exclusive: Amazon confirms no incident after threat actor claims 53k accounts leaked

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