Hacker Breaches Danish National Registry Using '123456' Password
A hacker accessed the Danish Central Register of Persons, compromising 8.8 million records via an IT firm account protected by a weak password.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 13 Oct 2026. www.theregister.com published first, on 13 October at 11:14 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware followed 2h 16m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware, appeared on 13 October at 13:30 UTC.
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- Danish Central Register of Persons