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Denmark data breach exposes 8.8 million national ID numbers
Original: Denmark CPR breach exposes 8.8M IDs after weak password
A data breach in Denmark has reportedly exposed the CPR numbers of 8.8 million people, nearly the entire population, after a system was accessed using a weak password. The incident is drawing attention to poor basic security practices in handling sensitive national identity data.
Why now: A breach affecting almost all Danish residents' national ID numbers is a major privacy and cybersecurity story.
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