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Danish civil registration data of 8.8 million people leaked

First reported · Last reported · 8 related reports

A breach of Danish civil registration data exposed the names, addresses and personal identification numbers of 8.8 million people. Weak passwords at an associated IT and data services provider were identified as the route of the breach. The attacker claimed that the administrator password was 123456.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal information of 8.8 million people
Cause / method
Use of weak passwords, including the administrator password 123456, was identified as the cause of the breach
Location
Denmark

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Timeline

  1. It became known that information on 8.8 million people had been leaked in Denmark.
  2. It became known that the leaked information included names, addresses and personal identification numbers.
  3. Reports emerged that the password 123456 had been used in the breach.
  4. The attacker claimed to have accessed civil registration data using the administrator password 123456, and an associated IT and data services provider was identified as the route of the breach.

8 related reports

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