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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OpenAI’s Newsroom X account breached by crypto scammers

The official X account OpenAI uses to advertise its updates and announcements was taken over by threat actors advertising a fake cryptocurrency.

SECURITY • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

‘No humans harmed’: Dead bodies spotted in Melbourne mayor’s AI-generated park photos

Melbourne’s mayor has promised to create a number of parks if re-elected next month; however, the AI-generated mock-up images he posted have raised a few eyebrows.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Exclusive: Rhysida lists Australian aged-care agency on the dark web

Australian aged-care agency Daughterly Care has been listed on the dark web leak site of the Rhysida ransomware gang.

SECURITY • Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Telegram banned on Ukraine government and military devices

Ukraine has banned Telegram on government, defence and critical infrastructure devices due to concerns about national security.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Disney abandons Slack following unfinished project data leak

In light of the major data breach it suffered in July, Disney has announced that it is moving away from the cloud-based team communication platform Slack.

CULTURE • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Dell allegedly breached twice in 1 weekend

Dell is currently investigating claims that the data of 10,000 of its employees was leaked by a threat actor.

SECURITY • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

38k Total Tools shoppers compromised in data leak

Australian hardware and tool chain Total Tools has disclosed that a data leak has potentially exposed the data of 38,000 of its customers.

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Sep 2024

Industry responds to Home Affairs new ‘safe harbour’ business protections

The federal government has announced that it will be introducing new legislation designed to bolster protections for businesses that suffer from cyber attacks.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 19 Sep 2024

Temu denies 87m record data breach claims

Major Chinese-operated digital marketplace Temu has confirmed that claims it suffered a cyber attack or data breach after a threat actor listed the company on ...