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 oil giant Halliburton suffers network cyber attack

Major US oilfield servicing giant Halliburton has suffered a cloud-based cyber security attack, leading to the company requesting its staff disconnect from its network.

SECURITY • Thu, 22 Aug 2024

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US says Iran behind Trump campaign hack

The US government has stated that the cyber attack against Donald Trump’s presidential election campaigns, among other cyber operations, was conducted by Iran.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 21 Aug 2024

OAIC no longer pursuing Clearview AI for unsolicited use of Aussie faces

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has decided that it will no longer invest in pursuing Clearview AI for its use of images of Australian faces ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 21 Aug 2024

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Cyber attack stunts US chipmaker’s manufacturing capabilities

A cyber attack has crippled the operations of American chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated.

SECURITY • Wed, 21 Aug 2024

Trump shares AI misinformation suggesting he has Taylor Swift’s endorsement

After being a major target of deepfakes himself, Donald Trump has falsely shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans supporting his presidential campaign.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Ukrainians targeted by hackers using Kursk Oblast POW photos

Ukraine has discovered the spread of a malicious email campaign using photos and information on Kursk Oblast prisoners of war (POW) to fool victims into downloading ...

SECURITY • Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Toyota confirms data breach as threat actors claim 240GB exfiltrated and published

Toyota has confirmed that a cyber attack has occurred on its systems after threat actors claimed to have breached the company’s network and stolen 240 gigabytes of data

SECURITY • Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Iranian ChatGPT accounts banned for generating US election disinformation

OpenAI has revealed that it has banned a swarm of Iranian ChatGPT accounts for creating false and misleading content relating to the US elections.

SECURITY • Mon, 19 Aug 2024

Australian musicians rally for industry AI regulation

Thousands of Australian musicians have banded together against the threat of artificial intelligence on human-made music and the income and livelihoods of musicians.