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Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database
Original: Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database
Hackers have stolen records belonging to roughly 8 million citizens from a Danish government database, a breach affecting nearly the entire population of Denmark. The incident, reported by TechCrunch, is drawing attention to the security of state-run data systems and how such a large-scale theft of personal information was possible.
Why now: A major data breach affecting most of a country's population naturally draws widespread concern about cybersecurity and government data protection.
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