Denmark register breach exposes data on 8.8 million people
Daily Cyber News: Denmark register breach exposes data on 8.8 million people
Names, addresses and personal identification numbers for about 8.8 million people were accessed through Denmark’s Central Person Register. The affected records covered both living and deceased people. The unauthorized parties used a private company’s legitimate right to look up information in the system.
Key context: The exposed data could support identity fraud, impersonation and targeted social engineering.
Additional detail: The larger lesson is that legitimate access paths can be as consequential as technical exploits.
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