'123456' Password Linked to Denmark Data Breach Affecting 8.8M People
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The arrow points to several people responsible for the leak of 8.8 million CPR numbers. Ultimately, responsibility can be placed entirely within the state.
A massive data breach affecting 8.8 million people in Denmark was caused by a simple password like '123456'. Here are all the details of the incident. The article "Password 123456 Put 8.8 Million People's Data at Risk" first appeared on TechInside.
Column: The CPR leak should not only lead to another security review. It should make us ask a more fundamental question: Why have we built such a large part of digital Denmark around one permanent identifier?
At least three accounts of a small company in Odense, Denmark, had "123456" for password. According to the Danish press, a hacker used this code to extract from the national population register the identification number of 8.8 million people, with their name and address.
Denmark is in shock after the revelation of a historical cyberattack. The national civil registry (CPR) was compromised, exposing the names, addresses and identification numbers of 8.8 million people. The pirate, who contacted the press, revealed that he had exploited a basic security flaw: a famous password belonging to a former employee of a small business with access to the registry.
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