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Central Person Register of Denmark data breach

DKDenmark · السجل المركزي للأشخاص في الدنمارك

البيان reported a data breach at Central Person Register of Denmark (Denmark) on 31 October 2026. It affected 8,800,000 people.

People affected
8,800,000people
Reported
31 October 2026News report

What was exposed 1

  • Records

How it happened

How
Stolen password or login He was able to enter the system through an account belonging to a Danish company, which was protected by the password "123456" source
Our translation from Arabicتمكن من الدخول إلى النظام عبر حساب تابع لشركة دنماركية، كان محمياً بكلمة المرور «123456»
Through
Pays ApS Sophie Loursen, Executive Director of Pays ApS company, confirmed on October 9 that the company's privileges to access the system were subject to exploitation source
Our translation from Arabicصوفي لورسن، المديرة التنفيذية لشركة «بايس» (Pays ApS)، أكدت في 9 أكتوبر أن صلاحيات الشركة للوصول إلى النظام تعرضت للاستغلال
Way in
Pays ApS Accounts belonging to an information technology company were used to access the government system and misuse its privileges source
Our translation from Arabicاستُخدمت حسابات تابعة لشركة تكنولوجيا معلومات للوصول إلى النظام الحكومي وإساءة استخدام صلاحياته

Sources 1

News reports are read by an AI model; every fact taken from an article was checked word for word against it, and anything it could not find was dropped. · Corrections and changes

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