Denmark's Central Registry Exposed: How a Bill Revealed Theft of 8.8 Million Identities
Authorities said the breach was uncovered after an unusually large invoice exposed abuse of a small company’s legal access to the register.
- An anonymous cybercriminal accessed Denmark's CPR register, exposing personal details of more than 8.8 million people after exploiting a small company's legitimate access credentials.
- Exploiting an extremely simple password—'123456'—the hacker bypassed security using credentials belonging to a former employee of a company with legal access to the registry.
- In just one week, citizens setting up credit warnings to protect against identity fraud surged from 250,000 to nearly 970,000, according to Denmark's Ministry for Research, Education and Digitalisation.
- Research, Education and Digitalisation Minister Christina Egelund admitted the system's security was insufficient, prompting the government to launch a comprehensive audit and institute manual monitoring.
- While the hacker told Danish newspaper Politiken he has no plans to sell the data, authorities are reviewing the case as potential cross-border crime requiring further investigation.
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A hacker broke into the Danish population register using a deceptively simple password, according to the newspaper Politiken, which contacted the cybercriminal. This is how he allegedly obtained the data of over eight million people.
If you are to believe the person who allegedly broke into the Danish population register and stole information on 8.75 million people, it wasn't difficult.
The hacker who claims to be behind the historic leak tells Politiken that the 8,749,975 pieces of CPR information were protected with the password ‘123456’. Experts are horrified by the IT security.
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