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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Paris Olympics attracted over 140 cyber attacks, says France

Like the rest of the world, threat actors set eyes on Paris during its 2024 Olympic Games, with French cyber authorities revealing that the number of cyber attacks ...

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Aug 2024

Ransom Cartel, Reveton leader arrested, extradited to the US to face charges

The leader of the Ransom Cartel and Reveton ransomware operations has been arrested and extradited to the US.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Aug 2024

Musk says X suffered ‘massive DDoS attack’ during Trump interview

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) suffered a major DDoS attack that interfered with a scheduled interview between ...

CULTURE • Tue, 13 Aug 2024

Largest Aussie gold producer impacted by ransomware attack

Australia’s largest producer of gold has revealed that its IT systems were affected by a ransomware attack last week.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Aug 2024

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NHS faces increased 999 calls, GP and hospital disruptions following Microsoft global outage

Calls to emergency services in the UK have skyrocketed after a CrowdStrike update caused outages across the globe.

SECURITY • Fri, 19 Jul 2024

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Liverpool FC halts ticket sales following cyber attack

Liverpool football club has halted the sale of its member Premier League tickets after it suffered a cyber attack.

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Jul 2024

AT&T reveals arrest made following April cyber attack

An arrest has been made relating to the April cyber attack on US multinational telco AT&T.

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Jul 2024

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Meow Leaks claims attack on Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Threat actors have claimed an attack on US tech multinational Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Jul 2024

Quantum Radiology recovers ‘majority’ of data encrypted in 2023 cyber attack

A Sydney radiology clinic that was targeted by cyber criminals last year has revealed that it has recovered “the majority” of its patient records after decrypting its ...