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Denmark CPR breach exposes 8.75 million records via weak password
Original: Denmark CPR data breach exposes 8.75 mn records via weak password
A data breach of Denmark's CPR personal registry has exposed records belonging to 8.75 million people, reportedly stemming from the use of a weak password. The incident affects nearly the entire Danish population and raises questions about the security practices protecting the country's central civil registration system. Coverage is focused on the scale of the exposure and how such basic security failures could occur.
Why now: The sheer scale of the breach, affecting virtually all of Denmark's population, makes it a major cybersecurity story.
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