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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TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

London commuters are being contacted by the city’s transport agency after the Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack earlier this month exposed the data of thousands, ...

SECURITY • Fri, 13 Sep 2024

Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

A second threat group has claimed an attack on Western Australia-based electrical wholesaler Myelec, this time advertising stolen data for sale. However, in what seems to ...

SECURITY • Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

International cyber security giant Fortinet has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach.

SECURITY • Thu, 12 Sep 2024

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

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TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

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

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