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Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database

ID: f4889978-963a-5747-a763-d905af67be1b

STIX ID: report--f4889978-963a-5747-a763-d905af67be1b

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2026-10-05

Date Updated: 2026-10-06

Author: Zack Whittaker

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The Danish government confirmed a serious breach of its Central Person Register (CPR) affecting about 8 million people after attackers abused a Danish company's lawful access to the system; names, addresses, Danish social security numbers and other historical records (CPR holds ~11 million entries) were stolen, the incident occurred in September and was discovered on October 2, and no public attribution has been provided.

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