Hackers Obtain Personal Info On 8.8 Million People In Denmark Govt Data Leak
Hackers accessed names, addresses and CPR numbers after abusing a Danish company’s legal access, and authorities said the breach covered about 8.8 million people.
- Hackers accessed The CPR registry on Monday, gaining unauthorized access to names, addresses, and CPR numbers of around 8.8 million people registered in Denmark, the digital affairs ministry said.
- By abusing a Danish company's legal access to The CPR, intruders extracted information from a significant portion of the 11 million living and deceased individuals registered in the system.
- While Denmark has a population of around six million, the registry holds data on 11 million people. Christina Egelund, digital affairs minister, called the breach "extremely serious."
- The CPR administration revoked the company's access, reported the incident to the Danish Data Protection Authority and the police, and launched an investigation; hackers remain unidentified.
- Egelund urged citizens to check sikkerdigital.dk for protection and warned never to share passwords or confidential information, even if callers already know their name, address, or CPR number.
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Brussels is expanding the Digital ID as a key for public authorities, businesses and more and more private services. Denmark is now providing the appropriate warning: via the API interface of a single private company, unauthorized persons were able to access the data of the Central Register of Persons, in which each person registered in Denmark is registered. Information of 8.8 million people was captured; names, addresses and personal CPR numbe…
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