
Data Breaches
Attacker held 21-day access to 8.8M Danish records via '123456' password at Pays ApS
An attacker used the password “123456” on an admin account at Pays ApS to access Denmark’s Central Person Register, exposing millions of records.
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An attacker used the password “123456” on an admin account at Pays ApS to access Denmark’s Central Person Register, exposing millions of records.

The Danish government reported that attackers exploited legitimate access to the Central Person Register to steal sensitive personal data from millions of citizens.

Danish authorities confirmed that unauthorized actors accessed national population records for millions of citizens through a compromised corporate account.