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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According to the Digital Ministry, names, addresses and social security numbers are affected by living and deceased people.
In a hacker attack on the Danish register, unknown people have gained access to data of 8.8 million people. The attack is "an extremely serious incident", according to the Danish Minister for Digital Affairs.
Hackers have broken into Denmark's national registry and gained access to the personal data of almost nine million people, the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs said. The perpetrators are not yet known, and authorities have launched an investigation into the breach, which occurred in September.
The database administrator received a notification on Friday of an ‘anomaly’ that allegedly occurred sometime in September. The hackers exploited legitimate access to the database of a Danish company to steal the data.
The perpetrators of this intrusion, unidentified, were able to access the names, addresses and social security numbers of about 80 per cent of registered persons, according to the Danish government.
Cybercriminals have broken into Denmark's national registry and gained access to the personal data of millions of people, the country's Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Monday.
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